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Last year’s interfaith service at Temple Tikvah

Temple Tikvah in New Hyde Park will honor an historical tradition next Sunday when it conducts an interfaith Thanksgiving service including Jews, Christians, Muslims and Hindus.

As Temple Emanuel, the temple had held a joint Thanksgiving service with nearby Hillside United Methodist Church for more than 50 years, according to Temple Tikvah Rabbi Randy Sheinberg.

Through her work with a loosely-organized interfaith group over the last several years, Sheinberg has given new energy to the tradition by inviting more religious groups invited to participate.

“Previously it had only been Jewish and Christian. When I came here, I wanted to bring it back and make it broader as a result of my work with the interfaith group,” Sheinberg said.

So when the interfaith service starts in the Temple Tikvah sanctuary at 3315 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Hindu Arsha Vedanta Center, both based in Queens, will be joining members of Hillside United Methodist and other Christian churches in the observance.

Temple Tikvah was formed through a merger of Temple Emanuel and Jamaica-based Temple Israel in 2008.

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