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The Lindenhurst Hebrew Congregation, one of Long Island's oldest synagogues, provided this photograph taken on the occasion of a 1913 wedding there.

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This special section tells the story of Long Island's Jewish history, from early settlers to the peddlers who walked from New York City with packs on their backs in the 1800s to people who are an integral part of the Island's culture and commerce today.

Some of the story is told through articles reprinted from ``Long Island: Our Story,'' Newsday's 273-day series on our collective history. But we have also added new material that includes the accounts of men and women whose memories and family stories are a part of Long Island's heritage.

They are people such as Ethel Bookstaver Charach, 90, of Patchogue, who describes how her father rode a bicycle from New York to Sag Harbor to court her mother. Or Rita Newborn, 72, of Plainview, who helped found the Plainview Jewish Center and remembers holding services in the local firehouse. ``They washed the floors, parked the fire truck outside and even made an ark where we put the Torah.''

For more information on Long Island's history, visit http://www.lihistory.com on the Internet. Copies of this section and other special sections can be obtained through the Newsday library at $5 each. Call 1-800-2FINDOUT. Multiple-copy discounts are available.