(Aug. 21, 2026 / JNS)
Allison Rahmani, a Jewish teacher and mother of four, died after losing control of her car, which plunged into the swimming pool at her home in Hewlett, N.Y., on Friday.
Irving Place Minyan, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Woodmere, N.Y., announced Rahmani’s death on Friday afternoon. Her husband, Matthew Rahmani, is the synagogue’s president.
Rahmani, 40, was a teacher and math coordinator at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, N.Y.
A source familiar with the family told JNS that Rahmani did not drown. She was able to call for help but died in an ambulance en route to the hospital.
