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Jewish teacher, mother of four, dies in Long Island car accident

Allison Rahmani, 40, called for help after her vehicle fell into her pool in Hewlett, N.Y., but died on the way to the hospital.

Ambulance. Credit: Selvin Esteban/Pexels.
Ambulance. Credit: Selvin Esteban/Pexels.
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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.

Jessica Russak-Hoffman is a reporter for JNS in Seattle.
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