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IMPROPRIETIES ALLEGED BY BOARD MEMBER IN BIDDING PROCESS FOR NO. 6 SCHOOL

LAWRENCE PROPOSING 3% BUDGET REDUCTION

By Standard Staff

By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter

The Lawrence Board of Trustees released a tentative budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year totaling an estimated $5,991,975.76, or roughly a three percent drop from the previous year’s adopted budget.

The budget, which will need to go through a public hearing on April 16th before approval, included several cuts to different parts of the Lawrence budget as officials have been trimming where necessary for the last few years. The Treasurer will take a five percent cut to $508,550 while the village cut back nearly 25 percent off on central data processing to reduce over $11,000 from the budget. The village also looks to be cutting back on street maintenance with a 19 percent cut representing a savings of over $168,000 last year’s budget.

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Zachary Stempler rounds the bases after hitting his solo home run for Hewlett, the only run of the game, to help give Hewlett a 2-0 record.

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Changes to Woodmere Station Parking have Residents Upset

By Jonathan Walter

Standard Staff Reporter

Residents on both sides of the Woodmere Train Station have become upset over changes to the parking regulations at the station parking lots. The lots previously had no regulations, but the Town of Hempstead recently changed that, placing signs that restrict park-

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ing from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. in three of the four lots. Residents with small driveways and those of the apartments on the other side of the station with multiple vehicles have voiced their concern.

“Around 1957, the railroad gave the property adjacent to the tracks to the Town of Hempstead. It was a pretty country station,” Ellie Peterson, a resi-

dent in the neighborhood east of the station said. “Then the town decided to put parking in and removed the trees and kind of deflated the value of our homes. They left a mini park by the houses as a concession.

The only restrictions were that it was Town of Hempstead parking with no commercial

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The sale of the vacant Lawrence Number Six School in Woodmere seems to have a top bidder at over $9.2 million, but the process has come under fire from one of the board members for allegations of possible conflicts of interest and insider trading.

Rabbi Nahum Marcus, Lawrence School Board Trustee, has claimed that the bidding process was done unfairly and without much transparency. “They [the board] dragged their feet with it [selling the property],” Marcus said. “The problem with the board is that with seven members, all members should make decisions together…but the board operates on a four-man process, where three guys are left out of the loop 99 percent of the time. I’m getting tired of it.”

Marcus explained that he was under the impression that it was supposed to be a sealed bid process, meaning whomever bid for the property was supposed to be kept confidential. However, shortly after the Jewish Community Center of The Five Towns (JCC) made a bid of around $9.1 million, The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) allegedly made an offer of about $150,000 more.

“There had been three bids, one by an outside person – developer,” Marcus

The former Number Six School in Woodmere.

Photo by Scott P. Moore said. “It was not feasible because of permits, according to the broker. There was also one by the JCC and one by HALB. What I found interesting was that HALB bid $150,000 more than JCC. Apparently the JCC bid was there for 45 days and according to another trustee, HALB’s bid came in 45 minutes before the last meeting. And it was just $150,000 more. This sounds fishy, especially because it was my understanding that it was a closed bidding.”

Board President, Dr. Asher Mansdorf said, “It’s still in the hands of the real estate agent. There are several people that are interested and we’re trying to final-

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“Woodmere Bomber” Ringel Arraigned, Bail Set at $3.5M

By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter

Marc Ringel, the Woodmere man found in his parents’ home with over 120 firearms and a garden-size collection of marijuana plants, was formally arraigned on Wednesday afternoon by a Nassau County judge who set his bail at $3,500,000 cash, according to his attorney Saul Bienenfeld.

Ringel was arrested on March 6th after tripping a silent alarm

at his parents’ home on Narrow Lane in Woodmere. Responding officers found Ringel on the property and asked him to display identification. After attempting to go back into the home, officers noticed the smell of marijuana and entered the home, finding over 120 firearms, homemade explosives and a large cache of marijuana plants in the garage. One police official said there were enough explosives in the Woodmere home to have leveled the entire street.

Marc Ringel.

Photo courtesy NCPD. Ringel was charged with multiple counts of unauthorized use of a firearm, criminal possession and reckless endangerment.

Hewlett’s Beth Emeth Selling Their Property

By Susan Varghese

Standard Associate Editor

Over the past few years, local houses of worship have been selling their property, due to changing demographics and needs. Congregation Beth Emeth in Hewlett is no different – the Reconstructionist synagogue established in 1994 is in currently in the process of selling their property and figuring out a new home for their synagogue.

Rabbi Elliot Skiddel said, “It’s not finalized. We’ve been talking about this for a long time about downsizing and reimaging the future of our congregation. Right now, we’re looking for a new home. We are a destination synagogue; we have people that come to us from Howard Beach, Merrick, Freeport, and throughout The Five Towns.”

Currently, there’s a committee looking into the availability of properties and options such as renting, sharing and buying. A decision isn’t expected to be made for at least two months. The potential buyer of the property cannot be disclosed at the time, Skiddel said, but he added that it’s a non-profit organization that is not a synagogue.

Good Sports Cheers, applause, and palpable energy filled the gymnasium of Lawrence High School, as students participated in the annual Sports Night program on Saturday, March 31. This year’s theme was “East Coast versus West Coast,” and had events comprising of different relay races, dancing and other activities.

Photo by Susan Varghese

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APRIL 619, 2012 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

Cedarhurst Saves Big on Mild Winter

Lawrence Proposing 3% Budget Reduction CONTINUED FROM P. A1 The reduction of several contracts also cut deeply into the Village Parks section of the budget, accounting for over 60 percent off of last year’s final total. The tentative budget only calls for about $20,000 for Village Parks after assigning nearly $54,000 last year. As of the first of March, the village had only used about $6,300 towards its parks in the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Mayor Martin Oliner said he hoped the cuts would help village residents save about 5.5 percent on their annual village taxes. The tentative budget presented will, most likely, be changed several times before the April 16th hearing as trustees began making several changes during the meeting on Thursday evening.

The current fiscal year’s budget was set at $6,173,460.62 and the village has used $4,393,782.57, or 71 percent, of it as of March 1st.

Mayor, Trustees to Be Compensated?

Trustee Michael Fragin introduced the idea of elected officials, such as the mayor, trustees, board members and justices receiving compensation for their work for the Village of Lawrence citing the increased demands of the positions.

Fragin’s proposal included a $10,000 annual salary for the village mayor and $7,500 for each trustee member. Other boards’ members, such as the Board of Zoning Appeals and Board of Building Design, would also be compensated – chairpersons receiving $200 per meeting and other members receiving $100.

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“I believe there are many reasons to approve it,” said Fragin during the meeting.

“This is something we all really need to think about,” said Oliner.

Lawrence Association President Ronald Goldman voiced his concern during the meeting.

It changes the character of the village,” he said. “No one has been paid in this village except for services.”

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he mild winter has lead to big savings for the Village of Cedarhurst. In addition to a significant amount of money saved in snow expenses, the village saw a slight increase in total court and parking violation revenue with many Five Towners shopping in the village through the winter. When considering the increase in court revenue from the period of De-

William Street Going Both Ways William Street, a small roadway set between Central Avenue and Washington Avenue nearby Seasons Supermarket, will see two-way traffic after months of deliberation by trustees and anger from residents.

A 3-2 vote by the Board of Trustees allowed for the change to occur with trucks being restricted from turning onto the roadway from Central Avenue.

The village, however, will not look to widen the street from its current width after an update from an adviser at Cameron Engineering noted that the street would be safe for two cars to pass by on.

The village will make this change on a three-to-four month trial period to allow for testing after residents complained about the proposed changes at many of the last year’s board meetings.

cember of 2010 through February of 2011 to December of 2011 through February 2012 and including the savings in snow expenses from this winter to last winter, Cedarhurst netted just under $123,000.

“Some of that stuff gets wiped out with uncontrollable raises in expenses, but every little bit helps,” Village Treasurer Salvatore Evola said.

Over the past nine months from this year to last year, the

Lawrence will hold a village election for the positions of village mayor and two village trustee positions on June 19th.

The current positions up for election current belong to Oliner, and trustees Edward Klar and C. Simon Felder.

village saw around an $18,000 increase in parking meter revenue with $515,343 collected during that time period through last year compared to $533,300 collected during the same period through this year.

Cedarhurst Payroll Breakdown Around $1.68 million of the village’s $6 million budget is designated toward payroll. The largest portion, $356,600 goes toward administrative duties.

H-W Library Budget Approved 275-94

By JONATHAN WALTER

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he residents of the Hewlett-Woodmere School District approved the 2012 HewlettWoodmere Public library budget by a vote of 275-94 on Tuesday. The new budget features a total increase in expen-

ditures of $73,221 or 1.2 percent, for a total of $5,962,624, and a total increase in appropriation of $125,821 or 2.2 percent, for a total of $5,766,404.

“We’ve very pleased,” Library Director Susan de Sciora said. “We really will strive to meet the expectations of the library voters and the tax-

Over $272,500 is for the judicial department employees, $253,500 is for safety inspectors, $238,500 for parks and recreation personnel and $179,500 for storm drain personnel.

Evola was the highest paid Village employee in 2011, making $115,619. Deputy Mayor Benjamin Weinstock made $16,250, and Village Justice Martin Zuckerbrod makes $30,442. Mayor Andrew Parise does not receive a salary.

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People are using their libraries and a wide range of their services.”

Shari Braverman was also elected as a library trustee, running unopposed with 300 votes.

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Hewlett’s Beth Emeth Selling Their Property

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CONTINUED FROM P. A1 The sale comes from what many organizations have felt the effect of, Skiddel said. “I think it’s clear that demographically, all over Long Island, all over the United States, and maybe even the world, demographics and attitudes are changing. We hear and read a lot of churches and synagogues consolidating. I have to say that the board of directors

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didn’t just wake up and decide to do this. This has been an ongoing discussion for the past few years in trying to determine what the best path is for the future of the congregation.”

Skidell added, “Given the changes in the area and that our needs are no longer met in this particular building, the decision was made to sell the building and use the assets to move forward. We’re focused on providing the activities and programs that the community has come to know us for – our school for the children, adult education, the services for high holidays and our services throughout the year.”

Last year, The Standard reported that Temple Sinai, previously of Washington Avenue in Lawrence, merged with Temple Emmanuel in Lynbrook, and are now known as Temple Am Echad. After a yearlong struggle, Temple Israel has also been granted their subdivision request, and are selling off empty land on the front lawn of in their property. President James Rotenberg has previously stated that they intended to sell due to changing demographics – in the past 10 years, they’ve shrunk from 1,000 families to 250.

Denise Killane

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enise Killane, longtime resident of the Five Towns, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2012. She was 49.

Killane graduated from Lawrence High School in

1979 and held different parttime jobs in the Five Towns.

Her sister, Gail Higgins, said she worked at a shoe store in Lawrence and at Asphalt Jungle, an old punk shop in Cedarhurst where she could be seen with her hair spiked into a Mohawk, wearing combat boots and studded accessories.

Killane moved into Manhattan to the West Village in 1983 for a few years, working in the garment industry selling buttons in wholesale. When she moved back to Cedarhurst about 10 years later, she devoted much of her time to family. “She was just a warm, family person,” added Liz Seeley, another one of Denise’s sis-

Denise Killane in an undated photo.

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Changes to Woodmere Station Parking have Residents Upset CONTINUED FROM P. A1 vehicles and it worked. People who lived there after commuters started coming home would leave first thing the morning before commuters started coming and it worked. It’s open to all of The Five Towns, but the more parking we have, the more people that come.”

Representatives from the Town of Hempstead met with residents on Thursday morning and listened to their concerns, however, no plans are in motion to change the parking restrictions.

Peterson said some residents are firefighters and EMS personnel and need the parking lot to have easy access to their vehicles in the event of an emergency.

“All we’re asking is to leave it alone,” Peterson said.

After speaking with various people with the Town of Hempstead, it was determined that there was concern on the part of the town that residents were abusing the parking lot and us-

ing it as a personal driveway when the lot is intended to be a commuter lot. Allowing the lot to be used for 22 hours was the town’s method of enforcing this purpose. The town views the issue as a matter of municipal management and is taking the matter as a serious quality of life issue and is trying to do the best it can to accommodate everyone.

Another resident, William Kauffman, said it has become a waste of space with the lot being cleared out by 7:00 p.m., causing him and his neighbors to have to walk long distances to get from a parking spot to their homes just to avoid getting ticketed in the early hours of the morning.

“The whole community is up in arms about this,” Kauffman said, “the Chateau Coffee Shop people and the Club Drive Apartments. Now there’s no parking anywhere. Some bureaucrat gets it in his mind to do this, and they make life difficult for hundreds of people.”

Improprieties Alleged By Board Member In Bidding Process For No. 6 School CONTINUED FROM P. A1 ize the process so the board can figure out where we want to go. I can tell you the process was always open. It was not a closed process. There still is no deadline set in place. No bids were accepted. The process is still ongoing. We as a board have not made a decision yet…”

Marcus alleged that some of the board members might have other interests in mind.

“My personal opinion is, and I can’t prove if it’s true, but I think that Murray Forman and Mansdorf have been dragging

their feet so they’ll have HALB get it.” Marcus added that both Lawrence Board of Education members have had children attend HALB, have gotten honored there themselves, among other affiliations with the academy. The JCC declined to comment. HALB could not be reached for comment by press time.

Mansdorf offered a rebuttal, “Those comments were made during the Number One School sale and they were not true then and still are not true now.”

After the HALB bid came

in, Marcus explained he said, “‘wait a minute, wasn’t this a closed bid?’ they [the rest of the board] said, ‘no it was open…anybody could’ve discussed the bid.’ They always told me don’t tell anyone anything when I wanted to tell people about the bid. Abel Feldhamer and Uri Kaufman have been on board with the process fairly – asking the same questions I was. ” Dr. David Sussman, a trustee on the board, commented, “We’ve certainly made no decisions – that’s where we are…

I know that no choice has been made, the board’s job to make a choice of what the best bid for the community and then the community votes. The final okay comes from the voters.”

The lack of communication affects the ability for all board members to be involved, Marcus

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said. “It was when I read the story in The Standard that I found out about the changed hours at the high school,” Marcus said.

“I’m a board member I should know it. The universal pre-k program, I found out about it through reading the paper.”

Marcus added, “It’s ridiculous. This is has got to stop. All these games continually go on and it needs to stop. The bottom line with the Number Six School is that supposedly they [the board] are supposed to go come back after speaking to different parties at hand [the bidders] and discuss it from there. As far as I know there’s no deadline even though we ask for it.”

The board picks the bidder, but District 15 residents approve or deny the sale in a public referendum, which has not been set.

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Denise Killane CONTINUED FROM P. A4 ters.

Killane’s father, Gerald, said she occasionally volunteered for a food program at St. Joachim Church in Cedarhurst, delivering hot meals to people who were unable to physically leave their homes. Seeley said she also volunteered during youth religion classes at the church, acting as a hall monitor and helping children to the restroom.

“She was a sweetheart and put everyone before herself,” Seeley said. “She always wanted to make sure everyone else was okay instead of herself.”

Higgins said her sister loved music and acted as the president of The Rockats fan club, a band that Higgins’ husband was a part of. Some of her favor-

ite artists included The Rockats, Billy Idol, Shaggy and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “She loved to dance,” Seeley added. “She was a great dancer.”

“She was the memory bank of the family, as we would say,” Seeley said. “She would remember everything.”

Higgins added,” She was very helpful and caring. She was always there for anyone.”

Killane is survived by her parents, Gerald and Marie Killane, her sisters, Gail Higgens and Liz Seeley, and her brother, Jerry Killane. She was relative to many loving family members and her beloved cats. Religious service was Saturday, March 31 at St. Joachim’s Church in Cedarhurst and donations are asked to be made to Last Hope, Inc., a pet rescue, in lieu of flowers.

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Compared to Last Year, Hewlett on Winning Streak

By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

H

ewlett Bulldogs baseball has already doubled their win total from last season as they defeated Bethpage 1-0 on Monday to open the season with a 2-0 record. There is a change in spirit around the Hewlett dugout this season as the team tries to erase the memories of last season.

“There is a huge difference in these guys,” Hewlett Head Coach Andy DiBernardo said. “Last year our players were lingering around. The juniors who are now seniors are working hard and the sophomores who are now juniors are working even harder. Everybody is doing their job right now.”

Hewlett didn’t have much luck getting on base against Bethpage pitcher Billy Hoffman, but Luchiano Morello was just as good, keep-

Luchiano Morello throws over to first base in Hewlett’s 1-0 victory over Bethpage on Monday. Photo by Jonathan Walter ing Bethpage hitters off balance by mixing speeds and location.

“He hit his spots and he threw strikes when he needed to,”

DiBernardo said. “He threw some out of the zone that they chased. I thought he just threw great. He had them confused.”

Morello got into one big jam in the top of the third inning when he allowed a single, then a walk.

The runner on second was then

caught stealing third, and after the runner on first stole second, he was thrown out at home trying to score on a single. Morello then struck out the next batter to end the inning.

“I don’t think they necessarily ran themselves out of the inning,” DiBernardo said. “I think we executed the plays we have been working on for the past four weeks.”

Hoffman had a perfect game going until the bottom of the fourth when, with two outs, Zachary Stempler stepped to the plate and launched a first pitch fastball over the fence in left center field.

“He was throwing first pitch fastballs and was sitting on it,” Stempler said. “He threw it right down the middle and I just turned on it. It was a big hit, but we are nowhere in this game without Luch(iano).”

In the top of the sixth, Morel-

lo got the first batter to fly out before allowing two walks. He then struck out the next better and earned the final out on a flyout. In the seventh he got a groundout, a strikeout, and then another groundout to earn the seven inning shutout. He finished with four strikeouts.

“It was good,” Morello said.

“Stempler hit a shot to put us up by one and after that it just gave me the confidence to keep throwing. My curveball was on and they couldn’t hit my fastball. Before the seventh inning, I told the team to keep backing me up because the defense was there the whole game and I had the confidence to go out there and finish the game with them behind me.”

Hewlett lost its next game on Tuesday to Glen Cove, 10-4, but DiBernardo still feels optimistic.

“This is a different team with a different attitude.”

Rough First Inning Garners a Loss for Lawrence

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

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rough first inning for Lawrence starting pitcher Mike Pappalardo and the infield defense led to three runs and the difference in a 5-2 Golden Tornadoes defeat by the Levittown-Division Blue Dragons on Tuesday afternoon at Lawrence High School.

The Blue Dragons were already up 1-0 with runners at second and third and two outs as Pappalardo tried to work out of a jam in his first start of the season. A hot shot up the middle glanced off the glove of the second baseman A.J. Gallo and into a no man’s land between him and shortstop Joe Capobianco.

The two runners would score on what was ruled a single before

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the defense would recover, giving Division an early 3-0 lead.

“I thought [Pappalardo] was outstanding,” said Lawrence Head Coach Dennis Leonard.

“He grinded his way through the game. A few hits here and there, but no extra-base hits. He mixed his speeds well – that’s outstanding. He had them off-balance all day.”

Lawrence would come back in the third inning on back-to-back opposite field triples by Pappalardo and center fielder Steven Komisarjevsky. Gallo drove in the next run with a single to right field, putting Lawrence down by only one run at 3-2.

The Lawrence offense, though, could not get anything going afterwards. A fifth inning rally had runners on first and second with one out for the Tornadoes, but an

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“They had us off-balance, but they never made any mistakes out there,” said Leonard. “No errors, not many walked batters.

We’re going to have to retool to figure it out.”

He added: “You’ve got to tip your cap to the pitcher. Just did a real good job out there.”

Pappalardo pitched six-plus innings, giving up five runs and striking out three. Capobianco came in relief and pitched a scoreless seventh inning.

The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes varsity baseball team falls to 1-1 on their league season after a 10-3 win against Jericho High School.

The Tornadoes upcoming schedule for the next two weeks looks like this: the team will play away against Wantagh High School on Thursday, April 5th at 10:30 a.m.; Monday, April 9th the Tornadoes will take on New

Lawrence second baseman A.J. Gallo follows the flight of his third inning RBI single that put the Tornadoes down by only one run.

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Hyde Park High School at home at 10:30 a.m. and South Side High

School on Monday, April 16th at 4:30 p.m. The Tornadoes will also

head to Roslyn High School on Tuesday, April 17th at 4:30 p.m.

Hewlett and Syosset Lacrosse Win On and Off the Field

By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

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ewlett Bulldogs boys lacrosse won big even before the first face off on Saturday as they and the Syosset Braves lacrosse program presented a check to Connor Haber and the Ascent Youth Alliance to Battle Autism for $6,200. The fundraiser, which has been dubbed “Bulldogs Shedding a Light on Autism,” was started by Syosset junior Kyle Haber, a member of their lacrosse team. Jeremy Tarica, a friend of Haber’s brought it to his Hewlett teammates and coaches last year and the program has been very successful, raising over $25,000 in the past 13 months.

Hewlett also had its share of success on the field, earning a 10-7 victory over Syosset, with Tarica scoring a goal.

“Jeremy Tarica is the guy that did it,” Hewlett Head Coach Chris Passuello said. “He’s a great kid and has a great family. He put in the effort to put this together. They got sponsors and sold shirts. We told the kids that they owed a phenomenal effort to all those who helped and they responded. The Haber family is good friend with the Tarica family. These are two quality programs with great students.”

“We said they are our friends before

Hewlett Head Coach Chris Passuello talks to his team at halftime. the game, enemies during, and then friends again afterward,” Hewlett player Sam Martorella said. “It’s all for a good cause.”

Syosset took an early 1-0 lead to start the game, but Hewlett struck right back with a goal from Kevin Fuchs and then two consecutive goals from Zach Rich-

man. Syosset would score once more before the end of the first period and Hewlett went into the second quarter up by one.

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In the fourth, Hewlett’s defense indeed held strong and the allowed only one goal while getting insurance on another goal from Martorella off a short pass from Mark Rizzo and then a fourth from Richman.

“I got the pass and just shot it,” Martorella said of his second goal. “I didn’t know it went in at first, but it was good because it helped us win the game.”

Fuchs lead the team with nine ground ball pickups and Kevin Anderson and Martorella each had an assist.

“We did a lot of good things,” Hewlett Head Coach Chris Passuello said. “A lot of kids wanted the ball offensively. I thought we shot it a lot better than we did in previous games and we played good defense on a couple of their guys who are really tough, and I loved the way we got after ground balls. This was a non-league game, but we’re going to build off of this. The kids have been working hard and they came out and played like it tonight. They’re a close knit group and like to play for each other.”

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Selling the Number Six School

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s we report in our news section today, it looks as though the Lawrence School Board has found a potential buyer for the Number Six School on Peninsula Boulevard. Any bid accepted by the Board will be put before the voters in the form of a referendum on the sale of the property. From what we know, it seems as though the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) which already has two upper schools in The Five Towns (DRS for boys in Woodmere and SKA for girls in Hewlett Bay Park) has submitted the highest bid at about $9.25 million. The Five Towns JCC which has been groping for a property in the area for years to finally find a permanent home, apparently came up a smidge short at $9.1 million.

Interestingly, there seems to be some confusion among many of the School Board members as to whether this was an open or closed bidding process, with some maintaining it was open and some with the understanding that it was closed. It may have been that some of the Board members who thought it was an open process shared the amounts of the bids among some of those interested in the property, which resulted in HALB upping the ante by $150,000 or so towards the close of the process, thereby outflanking the JCC. What is also interesting in the process is the fact that many of the School Board members are or were HALB parents while others have been involved with the JCC. Most of HALB’s students come from The Five Towns area these days, especially as the Long Beach Orthodox community has shrunk appreciably in the last 20 years. This results in quite a few Five Towns kids being bussed to HALB’s aging structure on the boardwalk in Long Beach for elementary school. We’re sure one of HALB’s goals is to have most of their student body all in The Five Towns, especially for Five Towns residents.

The JCC has been scrambling for as long as anyone can remember to find a permanent home. The Five Towns is perhaps the largest Jewish community anywhere in the country without a JCC or Y type of facility. We also heard that the Peninsula Library was possibly interested in part of the facility with the JCC as they’ve been angling for a lot more space as well.

In deciding whether and to whom a valuable and coveted resource such as the Number Six School and its ample property should go, considerations other than just dollars ought to be part of the mix. Second, any and all appearances of conflicts of interest, insider dealing or improprieties of any kind ought to be addressed and rectified if they exist. Also, the public interest aspects of the ultimate use of the facility should also be a major factor in the decision-making process – should the facility go to the institution that will use it for the benefit of the most residents or not?

Or does an extra $150K matter? Then there is the whole issue of the sale at all – although most children in District 15 attend private schools is there a guarantee this situation will exist 20, 30 or 40 years from now and if not, will the District have enough facilities to accommodate a significant rise in public school enrollment? (Or will they start buying back yeshivas?) We think the public ought to have a say on who buys the property, not just whether to accept or reject a deal from one prospective buyer when there may be multiple potential buyers offering similar amounts of money. With a bid disparity of a million, accepting the highest bid is one thing. With a $150,000 gap, the public interest needs to be a part of the equation.

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Holiday Wishes

s so often happens the holidays of Easter and Passover overlap again this year. Easter is the only Christian holiday that is not on a fixed date on the calendar (see our special Easter coverage on pages B1 to B3 for some of the history of the holiday) but often coincidentally coincides with Passover owing to Passover always appearing on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan and the Bible stipulates that the holiday and Nissan must always be in the Springtime, which was the season of the Exodus. To accomplish this, the Hebrew lunar calendar sometimes has 13 months during a leap year to ensure that Nissan hits in early Spring. The events of Easter took place about 2,000 years ago in a Jewish Jerusalem at Passover time, so it makes sense in Christianity that the two holidays overlap.

Here in The Five Towns we often see a modern-day reenactment of the Exodus. In the original Exodus there were hundreds of thousands of people hoofing it out of Egypt on foot which despite being liberated from grinding slavery and oppression, must have been quite a drag as horses or camels might have been an easier way to go. Today we have car services ferrying legions of Five Towners to JFK and other area airports where Jet Blue and El Al (among others) magically transport weary area residents to points south and east.

“Next Year in Florida” will be recited by many at the end of their Seders if they’re staying in town. Quite a few of our non-Jewish residents also head to resorts as public schools have vacations as well.

All this ads-up to a near ghost-town effect that will descend on our main streets come Friday morning. Those remaining will revel in the ability to park wherever and whenever on Central Avenue and the absence of lines at the big food markets and those here who choose to attend worship services will be able to avail themselves of better seats if they so choose.

In honor of both holidays, we will be taking a week off from publishing, just as we did during the week between Christmas and New Years. We’re a small group of very hard working people here at The Standard and aside from our wanting to spend some time with our families, we also need a respite from the constant creative demands of newspaper and web publishing so as to recharge our batteries. So, we’ll look forward to seeing you all back after the holidays. Look for our next issue on Friday, April 20th. Please accept our very best wishes to you and your families for a Sweet Passover and Joyous Easter. Thanks for your loyal readership and for all of your support – it’s very much appreciated

COMMON SENSE

PROCESSING AL-QAEDA

By DAVID FREEDMAN

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his morning as I sipped my morning coffee and read the morning newspaper, I was greeted with the news that Al Qaeda had posted on some of their Internet forums a graphic of New York stating, “Al Qaeda coming soon again in New York.”

Now I am a realist. This has been a rough year for the Al Qaeda boys. Leadership keeps turning up dead in some not so nice ways, courtesy of our men and women in uniform and without a dynamic leader, the job of terror is far more disjointed and uncontrolled. Whether Osama Bin Laden really was running the show in the end or not, does not matter. As long as he was alive, Al Qaeda lived through him and the momentum, even though diminished, inspired new converts to the hate and the violence.

In the past two weeks, we have seen a new rising of the bar from Al Qaeda. Pointless violence is successful, because in fact, it is not pointless. Killing innocent children and a rabbi in Toulouse, France seems pointless when looked at as a lone event. But when viewed through the lens of Al Qaeda internet forum threats and with the additional news that synagogues in Riverdale have been targeted, these events present a pattern that the smoldering phoenix has awakened and is poised to make a large and convincing statement.

David M. Freedman has been a resident of Cedarhurst for 12 years.

He is a business owner in the Five Towns and is the Past President of the Five Towns Democratic Club. He is a published author of a novel “A Butterfly on the Gowanus Expressway” and he maintains a political blog called Federal Follies located on the web at http://thefederalfollies.blogspot.com. He is married with two children and is active in the community both politically and socially.

So what do we do? All of the police agencies, the spy agencies and all of the National Security apparatuses are overtaxed now, trying to process all the threat scenarios. We must not be so arrogant as to believe that we are smarter than the terrorists. 9-11 happened because, despite the growing evidence, we as a country did not accept the basic premise that these terrorists were organized and smart. Somewhere in our collective heads, we saw them as backward and not savvy and thousands lost their lives. Even now, there is an underlying attitude that they are “just not that bright.” We see someone like the shoe bomber as a Bumbler, rather than realizing that, hey, he got on the plane and could have blown it up, but for the help of some very conscious people.

Many times, when I stand in Penn Station waiting for my train in the evening, I look around and wonder if today will be the day someone sets off a bomb in the station. There are thousands of people milling around and the handful of police and soldiers on duty would be hard pressed to stop any determined person. But like all of us, I push the thought back in my brain and sip my coffee, because the implications of it are too horrific to imagine. But it could happen anywhere, a stadium full of people, a subway, Times Square on New Year’s Eve. I think that it has not happened again is testimony to the dedication of law enforcement.

But it is a race against time and apathy. It has been 11 years since 9-11 and with each passing year, the memories grow slightly dimmer. Al Qaeda knows this. Their world view is centuries. To them waiting 10, 20, 30 years to do it all over again is just part of the strategy.

As we go into the Passover and Easter holiday period, let us remember that this is a time for extra personal vigilance by each and every one of us. If you see something unusual, say something.

If you are suspicious, say something. Don’t go out looking for trouble, but if it seems to present itself, don’t swallow your thought, let someone else who can make the determination, make the call.

Have a happy and healthy holiday! May it be a time of peace and redemption for all of us!

SOAPBOX

This Passover, Let All Jews Be Free

By Joel Moskowitz

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s Jews around the world celebrate Passover, a holiday of redemption from bondage and the birth of the Jewish nation, I ponder the age-old question of who is a Jew? This is not a simple question and there is no correct answer, for as the joke goes where there are two Jews there are at least three opinions. Before we can even try to answer the who part of the question we have to answer the what. What is a Jew? Is a Jew a member of a race, religion or nation or all of the above?

I reflect on this issue because Passover, despite its traditions and nuanced observances is the ultimate “national” holiday. A tribe of 70 people immigrants to another land maintains its ethnic/tribal identity as it grows into a substantial minority and eventually is persecuted for it. Ultimately, this ethnic minority seeks and achieves its freedom, independence and return to their ancestral homeland.

Joel Moskowitz is a businessman and writer who resides in Lawrence NY. His blog “The Ranting Heeb” can be accessed at http://therantingheeb. blogspot.com/ -- Joel prides himself on being outspoken and welcomes all comments.

On the other hand, this independence culminates in the nation accepting a religious mandate and embracing all of its laws. From that point on there is very little peaceful coexistence within the nation as different factions vie to define what exactly a Jew is. Judaism has a storied history of factionalism, religious differences, persecution and redemption. Throughout its history came fundamental changes that shook the foundations of its birth, like the end of animal sacrifice after the destruction of the Second Temple, until then the focal point of religious observance.

Yet one common denominator has been defining Judaism for over 2,000 years, hatred of Jews.

For reasons I am little qualified to expand on, Jews have always been hated and persecuted by someone. In the modern era the Holocaust became the defining moment in Jewish history. The birth of the modern State of Israel is often cited as a result of it. President Obama was excoriated for alluding to the Holocaust/birth of Israel connection in an address to the Muslim world in Cairo shortly after he took office. Israel, he needed to be reminded, was a nation thousands of years before Muhammad’s birth.

Today though, it is the State of Israel that clouds up the question of who is a Jew. On the one hand the Law of Return grants anyone with one Jew-

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n the 1890s, Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov conducted an experiment.

Using dogs, he repeatedly presented the animals with two stimuli which, because of their proximity to each other, were eventually seen by his subjects as one. The ringing of the bell and the presentation of food were initially presented apart, with first a bell being rung and then a little while after food appearing, causing the animals to salivate. However, by shortening the time span in which the two items were offered to the animals, they were eventually seen as one unit. Ultimately, when Pavlov rang the bell the dogs began to salivate even without the presentation of food because the two stimuli had been inextricably linked as one.

This became known as classical conditioning and is exactly what I think of each time our doorbell rings. No matter how many times I tell my children not to run to the door when they hear the bell, they high tail it to the front of the house, as if Ed McMahon himself was waiting on the other side, ready to hand me my Publisher’s Clearinghouse check.

The battle between me and my kids and their love for answering the door had gone on long enough. The most important reason for this steadfast rule is that they were opening the door for our guests before an adult could confirm that the person on the outside was actually welcome inside. I had never found a complete stranger in my kitchen, but it was not beyond the realm of possibility.

In addition, with the string of robberies and forced entries in our neighborhood a little while back, this seemed like a prudent measure. As such, we taught our children that only an adult was permitted to answer the door. We have never enjoyed great success with this rule, with the audible scampering of small feet right after the doorbell rings heard throughout the house.

That, however, all changed this week – when I got locked in the garage.

It was only after the door closed behind me that I realized I had not unlocked it.

While it has happened before to all of us here, on this occasion the situation was different because I was the only adult home. My three youngest children were in the house as well, but only the toddler was on the main floor. I banged repeatedly on the door and called her name, but to no avail. I finally deciding that their inability to follow our rule not to answer the front door when they hear the bell might actually be a blessing. With that, I opened the garage and walked around to the front. I simultaneously rang the bell with one hand without stopping while banging on the door with the other, but had

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Miriam L. Wallach,

MS.ed., M.A., has been writing “That’s Life” for close to five years. She lives in Woodmere with her husband and six children and can be found all week long on her blog at www.dearthatslife.com.

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THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

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THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

THE FINAL CHOMETZ COUNTDOWN The Ghosts of Seders Past WITH JOEL AT GOTTA GET A BAGEL M

(*Please note that the following “fantasy interview” never took place, but has been wholeheartedly approved by Joel Baruch!)

“Live shot” from Gotta Get A Bagel in the bustling shopping Mecca that is Downtown Woodmere: (the camera follows a tumbling tumbleweed through desolate Broadway where it settles on the “so much more than breakfast” eatery, skipping over the five or six cars parked in front of GGAB, and, as 40 yeaold man opens the door leaving with his dozen bagels, the tumbleweed whooshes in and we see Joel Baruch, the animated proprietor, yelling at the tumbleweed to buy a coffee, or a bagel, or just get out.

Wait, a second, why is the proprietor, my dear friend, Joel Baruch, calling this poor tumbleweed, “O’Doul?” Oh, wait, he’s not yelling at the tumbleweed, which I now realize he hasn’t even noticed, but, is, instead, talking to me!

“What do you mean by that tone of voice, Joel? After all, I am O’DOUL – the one who has said so many nice things about you and your gourmet chometz (bagels, challahs, and other fine “unleavened” baked goods) over the past year.”

“Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah,” Joel fired back at me. “Well, if you are going to sit here – at least take an onion bagel and grab a cup of my extra-strong jolt coffee on the house!”

Well, if you are going to twist my arm, I will never turn down free bagel and coffee.

But, this was not the reason for my visit this morning to Gotta Get A Bagel.

No, a free bagel and coffee was not the reason that I ventured down to Downtown Woodmere at 8:20 a.m. on a Monday morning, a mere four days before the Passover holiday. You see, the real reason why I drove through the empty streets of the quaint Ghost Town that is Downtown Woodmere was to plug in to the Central Headquarters – yes, the absolute “vena cava” of the

Chometz Industry here in the Five Towns.

Sure, I could have gone to Zomick’s Bakery in that superfood court known as “Gourmet Glatt,” or, the baker counter at Brach’s Glatt Supermarket, or, even one of the many kosher pizza places in town, but to me, my dear friend, Joel Baruch, is the King of Chometz. Yes, the man lives, breathes, walks, talks and even bathes in chometz!

When Joel works out -- he sweats chometz! Joel Baurch writes poetry to chometz, odes, sonnets, hymns to chometz.

If it is a leavened breadstuff, then Joel has serenaded it. Coffee Crumb Cake, Apple Turnovers, Blueberry Muffins, Chocolate Bobkas, braided challahs – you name it, Joel has saluted them all and sold a ton of each.

Cheese Danishes? Of course -sweet as the finest confectioners sugar immersed in a puddle of maple syrup to which a dollop of honey has been added! Carrot Cake -- tart as a mildly dirty joke, yet firm as a Five Town yoga queen’s abdominals, and, like a demurely sexy Geisha Girl, spicy with just a hint of ginger. Yes, the King of Chometz, is The Man I wanted to speak during this frenetic week also known as, “The Final Chometz Countdown!”

DO: “So, Joel, tell me just how busy is this week for you?” I asked the King of Chometz.

JB: “Well, O’Doul, I’ll tell you – you know how busy it is for the New York City Police Department in the days before New Year’s Eve, or at Macy’s 34th Street right before Thanksgiving? Now, double that an add in the hectic day of the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony -- that will give you just a taste and sample about how busy on I am right before Passover. And, mind you, I am just baking and baking to feed all those chometz junkies who need that final fix of chometz before eight days of matza.

On Passover, these “breadheads” will experience the shakes like you’ve never seen – so they

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul signing off and wishing my dear friend, Joel Baruch, and all of my many friends, family, and acquaintances throughout The Five Towns, a Happy Passover and a Joyous Easter.

mainline the “leavened stuff” until the last possible moment to eat it this Friday morning!”

DO: “Well, Joel it sounds like you’re doing “G-D’s work,” and you have a lot of people depending on you this week. But, just a question -- what do these chometz fiends do on Passover, when they can’t eat anything “leavened?”

JB: “O’Doul – well, matza is clearly too “thin” for them, so, mainly they suck on knaidels (matza balls) all day and scarf down monumental quantities of potato starch cakes, cookies, and macaroons -- I tell you, O’Doul, it’s an ugly scene.”

DO: “Joel, on another subject -- has the local press picked up on your new sign yet? I mean it’s absolutely magical -- and that slogan -- “So Much Smores for Breakfast” -- that’s total genius!”

JB: “O’Doul, you brainless literary hack – that’s “So Much More Than Breakfast” -- for example, you can eat lunch here too -- or, even bring home some bagels and lox for dinner.

DO: “Er…yeh…right, “So Much More than Breakfast,” I get it, of course!”

JB: “And, now, O’Doul, I got to go -- it’s time to make the bagels, and, besides, talking to you too much, and I start feeling the way I do when I eat too many matzot and drink too much wine at the Passover Seder -- I get a bad splitting headache and abdominal cramps!: DO: “Well, Joel, let me wish you a Happy Passover -- and, how will you spend you’re welldeserved week off?”

JB: “Oh, just relaxing, but, I just know I am going to be put into service, again, this year, by the Officers at 4th Precinct who are going to call me many times to rush to a scene to talk down some “leaper” having chometz withdrawals, or ID one of those chometz junkies caught breaking and entering to steal the Afikomen and a can of Streit’s Coconut Macaroons. Well, have a good one -- I gotta go!

And, with that the King of Chometz disappeared into Got To Get A Bagel’s kitchen and I finished my free coffee and onion bagel. Wow, Passover is coming this Friday.

Boy, am I sure going to miss this stuff!

y first Passover Seder memories are at my maternal grandparents’ table up in Riverdale (which my relatives at the time insisted really wasn’t The Bronx) where my late grandfather held forth for all of 15 or 20 minutes of an abridged seder by virtue of his nearly sole possession in the family of a modicum of Hebrew literacy and devotion to attending Friday night services regularly at a Reform synagogue he helped found. Most of my mother’s side of the family were not what you would call religious by any stretch of the imagination and pretty soon after a stanza or two of the zippy song “Dayenu,” heaping quantities of my grandmother’s food would be brought to the table with all deliberate haste. Having a second half of the seder was beyond anyone’s imagination and the books used were generally Maxwell House or Manischewitz Haggadahs.

On he other hand, my father’s family was comprised of a large number of Orthodox European immigrants and their offspring for whom “a Seder was a Seder,” which meant 20-plus adults and swarms of kids jamming cheek to jowl into a small Lower East Side apartment. The noise level was a constant high buzz of chatter (much like many an Orthodox synagogue to this day) as the family elders droned on in heavily Yiddish-accented Hebrew that barely anyone understood. To say these two Seders were cultural opposites was an understatement.

Back in the 50s and 60s, Reform girls still did marry boys from Orthodox homes and the Conservatives went all over the place. My parents were far from the only people I knew whose parents had grown up differently from a religious perspective.

This phenomenon is extremely rare today with many people from Reform or unaffiliated backgrounds considering anyone Orthodox (even “Modern Orthodox”) to be the equivalent of Chassidic or “Amish” and many Orthodox barely deigning to recognize someone non-Orthodox as even being Jewish. The gulf is made wider by the prevalence of intermarriage on the one hand and on the other hand, near universal full time Yeshiva education on the Orthodox side which sometimes creates yawning gaps in culture, observance and outlook between Jews.

Once my maternal grandfather passed along with many of my father’s family elders, my childhood Seder schedule generally ricocheted between my parents’ house and that of my late Aunt Mona, my mother’s sister.

(This was when we, along with most American Jews, still drove on Passover.) Most of the crowd came from my mother’s side and at my aunt’s, the venerable and venerated Steinfeld-Schwartz family tradition of Seders the Briefer the Better continued unmolested as my Uncle Edwin assumed the Seder leadership with a veneer of abridged solemnity followed by no end of food. As a sophisticated Manhattan mover and shaker, my uncle upped the ante on finding the afikomen from mere quarters to the stratospheric $5 level – and this was in the late 60s. My Dad, for whom a quarter in his mind always seemed like real money (and still does) went along, but not happily.

Over at our Seders, by virtue of the fact that our home was much more traditional than those on my Mom’s side and that we went to Jewish schools, my father endeavored to make his Seder a bit more real and meaningful, finally making inroads with the extended family by introducing what were then

highly innovative full-color haggadahs with loads of English. It took about five years of trying but eventually he even got my mother’s family to sit through the second half of the Seder – a breakthrough of monumental proportions that unfortunately did nothing to stop the intermarriage of nearly everyone on that side of the family.

There are foods I only eat this coming week – matza brei, scrambled loose with salt (don’t try and sell me the pancake variety), charoset through the week as an hors d’oeuvre (wine and refrigeration are wonderful preservatives), chocolate-covered matza, macaroons (I’m a honey-almond guy) and so help me, for a few days a year, I love nothing better than a breakfast of boiled potatoes and boiled eggs mashed in some water with an ample dosage of salt on top.

Generations come and generations go and now the Seders are held at my brother’s house and at mine. We’re a short distance from one another, so we all walk to and fro. We start the Seders on time, meaning at the right time (after dark) and so they run past midnight owing to doing the whole thing, singing a lot of Hebrew songs, animated discussions on the meaning of the holiday and a running commentary on this section or that.

The haggadahs may be different (although full color has become ubiquitous and no longer a novelty) but so many of the holiday foods and favorites are the same and when we partake of the time-honored dishes and traditions it conjures up memories of all the many Seders past.

When leading a Seder, it’s almost surreal to imagine having once been one of the gaggle of under 10 year-old cousins making mischief and tenaciously hunting for the afikomen. The cycle of life

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No to “Americare”

To the Editor, Regarding the $106 million budget in UFSD #14 -- 32 property owners will pay NO school taxes because they have misapplied Clergy exemptions under NYS Real Property Law 460. No elected official seems to want to fix this problem. Why?

Below are comments from various bloggers on Facebook and other sites about our editorial last week, “Try Americare,” which were generally critical of the initiative: “Catastrophic and emergency care isn’t going to provide what’s needed for those with cancer, diabetes, stroke, and chronic heart disease ... and the number of Americans who suffer those things will, over their lifetime, be almost 100%.

Those are the conditions and diseases that need to be addressed ... and if we focused on prevention AND provided good medical care to ALL, we’d be way ahead of where we are now. Maybe even catching up to those “socialist” countries, where the life expectancy is higher than ours.”

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Partridge in a Pair Tree To the Editor, Concerning your front page photo caption last week on newly blooming trees, please give the pair tree person another chance. We are all entitled the make a missteak.

Alan Franks Cedarhurst Editor’s Note – We got so excited by all the prematurely flowering trees that we let an error go to print on our front page – we were referring to pear trees, but inadvertently had it written as “pair trees,” our apologies.

Facing-off on Facebook The following were comments about our articles posted on Facebook this past week: On our profile of the new Chef Mom restaurant two weeks ago: Alecia Morgan-West: “Well done Nicole, I know Chef Mom will be a great success.”

Another blogger opined: “So I take it that those 50 million Americans without adequate health care now, who you are throwing under the bus, would get care for their injuries.

Who is going to pay for it?

When are the Republicans going to learn that their claims about tort reform and the idea of insurance companies crossing state lines will not reduce health insurance costs one penny? They continue to claim this so called reform over and over again, lock step with each other. Tort issues costs account for very little of the overall cost and most of your large insur-

ance companies already cross state lines. When the profit is taken out of health insurance, costs will drop dramatically.”

And yet one more vituperative comment: “This proposal can’t be serious. It wouldn’t even scratch the surface of America’s health care problems. What Americans really need is simply an expansion of Medicare to cover virtually everyone, or some single-payer system similar to that enjoyed by the hypocritical Republicans in Congress who now are blocking decent care for the rest of us. Funny, I don’t see them giving up their federal coverage en masse as one might expect them to do if they were serious in their objections to federally paid care. The health care debacle is just another example of how America’s conservative movement has succeeded in ruining this country -- and they aren’t through yet. They won’t be satisfied until America is a smoldering ruin presided over by Bible-thumpers and fascist crackpots.”

CORRECTION: Last week in the story “Hewlett’s Bill Dubin Named Nassau Coach of the Year,” we said Bill Dubin raised money for his charity work through The Five Towns Kiwanis Club.

That was incorrect. Dubin is a member of and worked with the Peninsula Kiwanis Club in raising the money. The error was corrected in our online edition.

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EASTER 2012

Chocolate Bunnies, Eggs and Spring Lillies Celebrate the Day

By JONATHAN WALTER

Woodmere Florist

Standard Staff Reporter

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esides the obvious religious aspect, Easter has become well known for beautiful flowers, delicious chocolate and colorful eggs. The eggs and coloring kits are easy to find at any supermarket, but the high quality chocolate and flowers are harder to find. Dolce Confections in Hewlett is the premiere location in The Five Towns for finding the best Easter themed chocolate while Stefan’s Florist in Lawrence and Woodmere Florist are excellent choices for meeting Easter’s floral needs.

Dolce Confections Dolce has an excellent selection of Easter based chocolate and candy, with chocolate bunnies and Easter baskets in a variety of sizes.

“We only use Belgian chocolate, so that makes a big difference as far as taste goes and the quality of the chocolate itself,” Owner Catherine Davi said.

With white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate varieties, the bunnies range from $5.99 for those under six inches, to $350 for one bunny that stands over three feet tall.

Their average sized bunny is about eight inches tall and is priced at $14.99. There are also large ones at about a foot and a half high. They sell for $60, but also feature a “basket” on their back with additional chocolate eggs.

For the holiday, Dolce has a twist on their usual popcorn pizza as they have unveiled the rabbit popcorn pizza.

“These are $25 and it’s made of fruit flavored popcorn with white chocolate on it and it is decorated in candy to make the face,” Davi said.

Dolce’s Easter baskets start anywhere from $15 to $50, depending on the size. They offer colorful woven and metal baskets and also do custom baskets.

“Customers will choose the items we’ll put it together and they want and well

Pink Lillies among other flowers at Stefan’s Florist in Lawrence.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

Woodmere Florist is also gearing up the Easter this week, offering Easter lilies and more.

“We have Easter Lilies, which you can use on a centerpiece for the table,” Elaine Nelson of Woodmere Florist said. “There are tulips, hyacinths, hydrangeas. The colors are more pastels for Easter, the pinks and the yellows.”

Woodmere Florist’s centerpieces range from $50 to around $75 according to Nelson.

They also recommend buying a flat of colorful pansies at around $15. Nelson said they make a great flower to move inside temporarily after purchase before eventually taking them outside to plant for the summer.

They will also be doing smaller Easter Lily arrangements starting from $20 to $50 A pink bunny holding Easter Lillies at Woodmere Florist.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

charge h them accordingly,” Davi said. “We fill them with chocolates, fun candy and anything that’s colorful and related to Easter. We always put colorful, beautiThe milk chocolate version of Dolce’s $60 bunny.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

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Stefan’s Florist Easter’s biggest flower is the Easter Lily according to Hector Navia at Stefan Florist. For the holiday, pinks, white, light blues and yellows are what everyone is looking for and Stefan’s has it all.

Centerpieces start at $50 and can go up past $100 depending on the size and the flowers used in arrangements at Stefan’s.

White chocolate bunny lollipops at Dolce.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

A cart holding Pansy flats at Woodmere Florist.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

wilthat they will decorate with pussy wil lows, as well as offering Easter Baskets with various chocolate bunnies and candy for $50.

Honorable Mention Easter wouldn’t be Easter without Marshmallow Peeps. The traditional easter candy, made of marshmallow,

The dark chocolate and white chocolate versions of Dolce’s $14.99 bunny.

Photo by Jonathan Walter “It’s usually lilies, daisies, gerbera daid sies, hydrangeas, rossi ees all in the soft colors,” Navia said of o the Easter selection. th “Tulips, curly willow, “ pussy willow and p cherry blossoms are c also a big. They are very traditional for the holt iday.” i Navia said business is booming around this time with locals coming a in for both upcoming holidays.

“It’s a very busy Easter holiday,

Marshmallow Peeps

even though it’s a very Jewish community,” Navia said. “It’s also Passover before Easter, so people come in to place orders for both holidays. So we try to meet everyone’s needs. Next week is also Greek Easter, so we’ll be busy then too.”

corn syrup, gelatin and carnauba wax has established itself as a staple of the holiday. Made in the shape of bunnies and chicks in pink and yellow, they can be found at local pharmacies and supermarkets for around $1.89.

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EASTER 2012

Recognition of Sacrifice, Resurrection and Forgiveness on Easter

By Susan Varghese Standard Associate Editor

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aster is often connected to store shelves flooded with pastels, Easter egg hunts and the Easter bunny.

However, the Christian meaning behind Easter runs deep and dates back roughly 2,000 years.

Easter is the day that Jesus Christ (believed to be the savior and son of God) was resurrected from the dead. Three days prior, Jesus Christ was executed — crucified by the Romans for daring to say that he was the Son of God and equal to the father. While Jesus was on trial by the Romans, he didn’t fight or offer a defense, it is understood that he willingly sacrificed himself, as the Son of God, to have God absolve the sins of the rest of mankind.

Essentially, his crucifixion symbolized the suffering he had in exchange for the forgiveness of everyone’s sins and that he died on the cross for the redemption of all of God’s children on earth. The third day, he rose from the dead to join God (also known as the heavenly father), which is marked as Easter. Jesus foretold his resurrection, which can be found in the New Testament in Luke 24:46-47 ESV (46) “and (Jesus) said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.’”

Easter also signifies the end of Lent, which is 40 days of self-imposed sacrifice, commonly giving

Wishing Everyone a Very Joyous Easter and a Sweet Passover!

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up luxuries, to commemorate the 40 days of fasting Jesus and his disciples did in the desert and to reflect on the memory of the sacrifice Jesus made. Many people give up things they love or modern technologies, like Facebook, chocolate, or meat.

Traditionally Easter is celebrated by attending church services throughout Holy Week (the week that Jesus died and resurrected), but is also celebrated through family lunches and get-togethers. Although egg hunts and candy can be found in homes all through the holiday, the point is to realize and understand the sacrifice, while being thankful with family and friends.

Easter eggs with illustration of Jesus on The Cross.

Photo courtesy of Bluebellstrilogy.com Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church 68 Wanser Avenue in In-

wood. (516) 239-0953 Friday: Liturgy of Lords Passion at 3:00 p.m., Stations of

Cross service at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday: Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Saint Joseph’s R.C. Church 1346 Broadway in Hewlett.

(516) 374-0290 Good Friday: morning prayer at 9:00 a.m., Commemoration of Lords Passion at 3:00 p.m., Stations of a Cross at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday: Easter vigil at 8:00 p.m.

Sunday: Services at 8:30 a.m.,10:30 p.m., and 12:00 noon Trinity- St. John’s Church (Episcopal) 1142 Broadway in Hewlett.

(516) 374-1415.

Good Friday: Interfaith service (Stations of Cross and Seven Last Words service involving preachers of different denominations) from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Sunday: Easter service at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

A Few Holiday Service Schedules from Five Towns Churches: St. Joachim’s R.C. Church 614 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 569-1845.

Good Friday: Mass at 3:00 p.m. and stations of a cross service at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday: Easter vigil at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services

An illustration of Jesus and his disciples after Crucifixion.

Photo courtesy of Faliriotissa-tailofathens.blogspot.com

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EASTER 2012

A Brief History of All Things Easter: Bunnies and Colored Eggs

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

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fter celebrating the holiday of Easter for years on end, many Christians still ask themselves to this day what exactly the Easter Bunny, colored and decorated eggs and the resurrection of Jesus Christ have to do with each other. The answer, well, might actually shock you.

Nothing. Well, not at least directly.

Both the Easter Bunny and the decorated Easter Egg have their roots in Anglo-Saxon pagan traditions. In fact the holiday of Easter owes its name to one of these pagan holidays – Eostra, a celebration of a goddess of the same name whose earthly symbol was the rabbit. The goddess, according to a report by Discovery, was renowned for fertility and the rabbit became a symbol because of their high (and quick) reproduction rate. Generally, the festivals for this goddess were held on or around the Vernal Equinox, which falls on or about March 20th in modern-times. These beliefs started being celebrated in the second century and were still

popular into the 13th century in Europe. Much of this was mixed together with other pagan beliefs, such as the use of December 25th as the day of Jesus’ birth, as Christianity became the dominant religion across Europe. This was done, according to an early Christian writer called the Venerable Bede, to make those deeply ingrained in pagan beliefs more likely to give them up. As the two religions blended together, the rabbit became more closely associated with the new life of Jesus after his resurrection.

The egg, too, has some origins here. Eggs are traditionally seen throughout pagan religions across Europe as symbols of fertility and the new life that Spring brings with it. Even the Ancient Greeks and Romans used eggs as a symbol of fertility. During the 1500’s, the area of Europe encompassed by Germany today gave birth to a similar tradition of today’s Easter Bunny – the rabbit Oschter Haws who laid colored eggs, according to About. com. This tradition later came to the United States through German immigrants that settled in North America, more specifically in Pennsylvania.

“The Easter Bunny” makes an appearance here on a postcard from 1902.

The furry rabbit was made popular by German immigrants that moved to the United States in the 17th century.

Chocolate eggs were a more recent addition, appearing in France and Germany during the 19th century. The Cadbury chocolate company began mass producing what became the popular chocolate and cream-filled eggs. Since this introduction, Easter has become one of the largest candy-selling days across the country.

Of course, many of these traditions and the history that goes along with Easter have been forgotten, but the holiday lives on.

As some of its past becomes more relevant, some Christian sects have decided to cut out the pagan references within the holiday by even changing the name to “Resurrection Sunday.” Nevertheless, Easter Bunnies and colored eggs are now a part of our modern culture – a call from our ancestors’ past that lives on to today.

Colored eggs are a long-standing tradition associated with Easter and Spring as symbols of rebirth and new life.

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A splanch-style home with 10 rooms, five bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 9,116 square feet. Year built: 1967. The home sold on March 29th for $630,000.

1619 Ridgeway Drive, Hewlett A colonial-style home with seven rooms, three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and

a back patio. A lot size of 8,000 square feet. Year built: 1950. The home sold on March 26th for $540,000.

782 Caldwell Avenue, North Woodmere A Hi Ranch-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 8,308 square feet. Year built: 1962. The home sold on March 30th for $475,000.

83 Jefferson Street, Inwood A two-family home with 13 rooms, six bedrooms, three bathrooms and a detached twocar garage. A lot size of 7,750 square feet. Year built: 1924. The home sold on March 31st for $400,000.

43 Clinton Avenue, Inwood A two-family home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a private driveway. A lot size of 5,928 square feet. Year built: 1925.

The home sold on April 2nd for $122,000.

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$489,000

923 Cliffside Avenue, North Woodmere Stats: A lot size of 28,734 square feet. The home has eight rooms, four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $489,000 with annual taxes of $8,814.33.

Details: A Hi Ranch-style home, built in 1962, with a living room, eat-in-kitchen, formal dining room and den. The house features beautiful hard wood floors throughout, Andersen windows, a deck and a huge backyard overlooking North Woodmere Park. The home is located close to houses of worship.

Contact: VI Properties, INC. at (516) 791-1313

$879,000

171 Ocean Avenue, Hewlett Neck Stats: A lot size of 21,920 square feet. The home has nine rooms, five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $879,000 with annual taxes of $28,734.

Details: A Colonial-style home, built in 1920, with spacious rooms and a lot of space for storage. The house features a living room with fireplace, in-ground pool, formal dining room, eat-in-kitchen, laundry room and all bedrooms are attached to a bathroom.

Contact: Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Ronnie Gerber at (516) 238-4299

$399,000

1517 Broadway, Hewlett Stats: A lot size of 2,000 square feet. The home has seven rooms, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

The property is selling for $399,000 with annual taxes of $11,377.77.

Details: A Condominium-style home, built in 1967, with a living room, dining room, eat-in-kitchen and powder room.

The house features a den, storage space, lots of closets, a private garage and a fenced-in backyard with patio.

Contact: Lori & Associates LI Realty, Lori Schlesinger at (516) 791-8300

Office Suites for Rent Central Woodmere Location $599,000

46 Clubside Drive, Woodmere Stats: A lot size of 2,257 square feet. The home has eight rooms, four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms.

The property is selling for $599,000 with annual taxes of $17,560.60.

Details: A Townhouse in the Cedar Glen co-ops, built in 1990, with a living room with fireplace and a granite eat-in-kitchen with a deck. The home features a finished basement, a gym/storage room, two-car garage, and inground pool, patio and tennis court for all homeowners in the co-op.

Contact: Pugatch Realty Corp., Susan Pugatch at (516) 295-3000

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FILM & DISCUSSION: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN The HewlettWoodmere Public Library will be showing the popular 1952 movie Singin’ in the Rain this Tuesday.

Enjoy the film and stay for the discussion, led by film historian Philip Harwood. Singin’ in the Rain celebrates its 60th anniversary on April 11. For more information, call the library at (516) 374-1967, ext.

237. The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is located at 1125 Broadway in Hewlett.

YOM HA’SHOAH HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY Congregation Beth Sholom of Lawrence is hosting the annual community-wide memorial service for the six million lives lost during the Holocaust next Wednesday. Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz will be the keynote speaker, with Mr. Harry Kotowitz as a 2nd Generation speaker. There will be survivor video testimony and a special music presentation by six13. Congregation Beth Sholom is located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence. The event starts at 7:30 p.m.

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PEP & THE SOUL EXPLOSION BAND AT HARVEY’S LOUNGE IN CEDARHURST Pep & The Soul Explosion Band will be performing live next Saturday at Harvey’s Lounge in Cedarhurst. The group will be performing 1970’s and 1980’s R&B, Funk, Soul and Pop music like popular covers of songs by artists including Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Earth Wind & Fire and Michael Jackson. This free event begins at 9:00 p.m. Harvey’s Lounge is located at 477 Chestnut Street in Cedarhurst.

Sunday, April 15 DORA THE EXPLORER PRESENTED BY PLAZA THEATRICAL Plaza Theatrical Productions of Lynbrook, in a partnership with Lawrence Woodmere Academy, is presenting a musical theatre version of the popular children’s show Dora the Explorer next Sunday. The play begins at 1:00 p.m. and tickets cost $10 per person. For more information and tickets, please call LWA at (516) 374-5559 or Plaza Theatrical at (516) 599-6870.

LWA is located at 336 Woodmere Boulevard in Woodmere.

MALVERNE CINEMA 350 Hempstead Avenue, Malverne, NY - (516) 599-6966 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |1hr 52min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:45pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print Jiro Dreams of Sushi |1hr 21min| Rated PG FRI&SAT: 1:30, 3:40, 5:45, 7:40, 9:45pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) |1hr 43min| Rated PG FRI&SAT: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print The Kid With a Bike (La Gamin au Velo) |1hr 27min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 3:40, 5:45, 7:40, 9:45pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print The Deep Blue Sea |1hr 38min| Rated R FRI&SAT: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print Hugo |2hr 7min| Rated PG FRI&SAT: 1:15pm|SUN: listings not available at time of print

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Thursday, April 19 HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY Nassau County Legislators Howard Kopel and Judi Bosworth commemorate Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust next Thursday in the Nassau County Legislative Chamber in Mineola. Please RSVP by calling the offices of Legislator Kopel at (516) 571-6207 or Legislator Bosworth at (516) 571-6210. This free event begins at 10:00 a.m. The Legislative Chamber is located at 1550 Franklin Avenue in Mineola.

LONG ISLAND READS THE LOST WIFE BY ALYSON RICHMAN The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library will be hosting a dramatic reading of the book The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman. Actors David Houston and Gail Behrens will read excerpts from this year’s Long Island Reads choice, The Lost Wife – a love story of World War II and the holocaust.

This free event begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, located at 1125 Broadway in Hewlett. Please call (516) 3741967 for more information.

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Saturday, April 14 Titanic: ABC 8:00 p.m. Parts one to three of Titanic, a fourpart miniseries, premieres next Saturday on ABC with part four premiering on Sunday, April 15 at 9:00 p.m., marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. Titanic is an extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that cleverly weaves action, mystery and romance over four hours and two nights of programming.

Shot in Budapest, Hungary, the program features both fictional and historical characters, from steerage passengers and crew to upper class guests and staff, who all come together in an unforgettable finale. Each hour follows similar events from differ-

ent points of view, coming to a cliffhanger as the ship begins to founder. In the final explosive hour, all the stories come together as viewers are taken on a heart-wrenching journey through the ship’s last moments.

New in Movies Friday, April 13 The Cabin in the Woods: Rated R. In the tagline for this horror-thriller from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard: “Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen.” The movie begins with a group of

Wednesday, April 11 Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23: ABC 9:30 p.m. In the much-anticipated premiere of this all-new comedy from ABC, a naïve Midwestern girl’s big city dreams are dashed during her first week in New York, when she finds herself living with her worst nightmare. This comedy is about a female odd couple, complete with an outrageous cast of characters. In the premiere episode, June (Dreama Walker) moves to Manhattan for a

dream job and the perfect apartment, only to find they both disappeared thanks to a CEO involved in Bernie Madoff’s embezzlement scandal. June, desperate to find a job and a place to live, gets hired at a coffee shop and finds Chloe (Krysten Ritter) – a charming, vivacious roommate who soon swindles June out of all of her savings. June then turns the tables on Chloe, who then pulls June into her bizarre, colorful group of friends. With the help of this new group, June may learn the survival skills she needs to make it in Manhattan.

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Modest Looks for Kids at Junees In The Five Towns, pencil skirts are a staple and Junees in Lawrence is having a sale for kids with a variety. A black one for kids called the “Nikki” is made from lightweight denim with a slight luster and shine.

The original price was $44, but it is

now on sale for $15.

A thin bohemian skirt in gray, the “Delicious” skirt, has been reduced from $34 to $15. With light fabric, it’s wearable into the hot summer.

Grey, white and black are the available colors.

Junees is located at 359 Central Avenue in Lawrence. (516) 341-0696.

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CLASSIFIED Help Wanted Advertising Telemarketing: Cutting-edge full-color weekly newspaper in Nassau County has opening for an effective, experienced and ambitious phone sales professional. Position entails telemarketing sales of display and directory advertising to area businesses. Prior experience required. Good prospecting and closing skills essential. Friendly, pleasant work environment, great group of people. Great product to sell.

Base plus commissions. Part-time/flex-time OK. Contact Maury at 516-341-0445 or maury.warshauer@ standardli.com.

Ad Sales: Sitting around waiting for that next big opportunity? Getting bored of daytime TV, Facebook and job sites? Looking for a challenge, want to make a few dollars and work with some nice people? If you can sell and know something about the media, we’ve got a really spiffy weekly newspaper and website in an affluent part of Nassau County that is looking for a couple of can-do, know-how-to-close ad salespeople. You’ll earn a base salary and commissions right from dollar one and you’ll have no end of support and encouragement. Zap us with your resume and cover letter. We can start you right away and get you off your couch with a reason to get up and get dressed in the morning. Please send resume and cover letter to Ads@standardli.com.

General Studies Teacher: 5 Towns Area Boys’ Yeshiva seeking middle school teacher for ‘11-’12 school year. M-TH from 2:00-4:30. Please send your resume to teachersearch11@gmail.com HAFTR: Middle School Teaching Positions for 20122013 Academic year: F/T Language Arts Teacher, F/T Technology Instructor, P/T Math Instructor, F/T and P/T Judaic Studies. Email resumes to robrand@haftr.org Physical Therapy Assistant: (PT/FT) for a Physical therapy office in Five Towns. If interested please call 516-650-5756 Secretary/Bookkeeper: Everyday P/T. Must know Quickbooks & Quickbooks Payroll. You should be friendly and organized. Salary neg. Office in Hewlett.

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Large Den. Great location. $537,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Enjoy The Natural Beauty Of This Contemporary Waterfront Home. Open Layout Brand New Oil Burner And Water Heater, New Roof And Air Systems, Koi Pool. Owner Very Motivated $645,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Diamond Condition Colonial With Extended First And Second Floor. This Home Was Completely Renovated Within The Last 10 Years. $799,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Far Rockaway: Spacious 3 bdrm home + den attic, basement $400’s MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-2390306 Garden City/Hempstead: Great Location. Center Hall Colonial Situated On 1/2 Acre Park Like Prop. Features Family Rm W/Fpl Overlooking Bluestone Patio And Ig Pool, Banquet Size Dr, Granite EIK W/Pantry And Brkfst Area, All New Bths, King Size Master Bedroom, Entertainer’s Fin Bsmt W/Wet Bar....More!!!! $479,990 Call Katrina Kamer, PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 917-548-7106 Hewlett: Coop, Outstanding 2BR, 1 Bath Renovated Pre-War Building...$229K PUGATCH REALTY 516-2953000 Hewlett: FIRST TIME ON Market! Spacious 3 BR,2 Bth Co-op, LR,FDR,New Gran/Wood Kit/Breakfst Nook,Enclosed Porch & Patio,SD#14, Priced to Fly!... $249K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: NEW! 4 BR, 3.5 Bth CH Colonial w/ Lagre EIK & Den, LR/Fpl,FDR,& Fin Bsmt.Beautiful Property, SD#14 $599K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR, 2 Bth Co-op in Hewlett Townhouse. 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Near All $390K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: REDUCED!!2 BR,1 Updtd Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg, Stor,Terrace, Near All $134 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Large Traditional Charming Colonial In Old Woodmere Erea.4 Large B/R, Over Size Kitchen,3 Full Bath. Near Transportation, Shops, Library And Houses Of Worship $439,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Great two family home In SD #14 Totally renovated In 1988. $555,000 MORTON HAVES 516-3740100 Hewlett: Mint 2 Bedroom 1 Bathroom Unit. Shows Light & Bright. Updated Open Kitchen, High Hats, New Neutral Carpet, Wired For Cable, Skylight. Washer & Dryer In Building. Garage Parking & Storage Included. Near All, School Distict#14, Motivated Seller!!! $109,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Large 2 Bedroom. 2 Bath apartment with E.I.K, Attic and private terrace. $127,500 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: New magnificent kit w/Stainless app & granite. Updated baths in this extremely large apartment.

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5 Br,6.5 Bth Colonial, 200’ of Bulkhead & Dock,IG Pool, Tennis Ct $3,650,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-2384299 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous location in Heart of Hewlett Harbor, 6BR, 3.5Bth Exp Ranch, Listening to All Offers All Offers $899K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: 8 Br, 9.5 Bth Col on manicured. 1.25 ac. Huge nu kosher EIK, Enormous rooms. 3 flrs of living space plus full finished bsmt. Tennis Ct, IGP, cabana w/kitchenette, 2 full Bths.Every amenity. $2.55M JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett Harbor: Balin Expanded Ranch On Beautiful Corner Property. Plenty Of Room For A Pool. 6 Bed, 3 Full Baths, Great Open Layout, CAC, Wood Floors, In Desirable Waverly/Lynbrook School District. Owner Motivated * Price Reduced! $747,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Spacious 5br home w/a Brand New Granite Kitchen Incl. New Appliances And Gorgeous Bar In Den. Includes A Heated Pool W Lovely Patio. New Roof, CAC, Alarm And Updated Windows $925,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Extremely spacious main floor living area plus beautiful den with sunroom. Large master suite with attached spa room opening to the grounds.

4 bedrooms total with 3 full baths. $950,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous Center Hall Cape In Prestigious Hewlett Harbor. Pristine Condition With Beautiful Harwood Floors. For The Discriminiting Buyer $995,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath. *Outside of the home will be freshly painted. A Must See. This is a sprawling home; great for gatherings, family and fun. $999,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: This dream house is surrounded by Water! Beautiful 4br, 3.5ba w/ wonderful entertaining flow. Prime location $2.5M MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Country Style Colonial on over 1/2 Acre of Manicured Property w/ IG Pool. 5 BR, 4.5 Bth, Spacious Rms,SD#14..$879K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Great Opportunity! 5 BR,3 Bth Exp Ranch w/ Full Bsmt on 3/4 Acres. Needs TLC..$799K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Move Right Into This Mint 6BR, 4.5Bth Country Style Dutch Colonial, Full Fin Bsmt, Near All, SD#14 $1,499,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-2384299 Hewlett Neck: Lovely 4 bedroom expanded ranch on gorgeous property. Approximately 3/4 acre. regulation size tennis court surrounded by 10’Fence. New roof, plus room for a large pool! $949,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Prestigious 6br center hall colonial situated on a magnificent property. Huge In ground pool.

Enclosed sun porch. Great entertaining EIK. Den with fireplace. *The home is in great condition. $1,500,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Spectacular Young Brick 7Br English Manor Home, Custom Built. Boasting Magnificent Architectural Details. Formal Living Room, Formal dining room, Library, Den, Office, 10.55 Baths, Indoor Basketball Court, Movie Theatre Room, Luxurious Master Suite With Changing Room And Balcony Overlooking The 1.59 Acres Of Beautiful Property Including Tennis Court, In ground pool and full size basketball court.

Separate Guest Quarters. $4,400,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Near Harold Rd. Half acre lot for sale.

Build your dream home. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Ask $700’s. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-5694980 Hewlett Neck: Quality new construction. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Over 5K sq ft quality new construction on 1 acre lot- Call for plans and specifications.

Ask $2.4m. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516569-4980 Hewlett Neck: Expanded Ranch. O/s Property. 5 BR, 4 bth. Marble Baths. Spacious Property With Beautiful 20X40 IGP. $1.1M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: All New Under Constr. CH Colonial.

Planned 4 BR 3.5 Bth. Owner Will Customize To Suit. $1.699M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Park: Spacious Apt with large entry and fabulous bonus room. private terrace. Debbie Borgia $225,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: Legal Four Family House. 2-2 Br, 2-1Br Apts.

Large Property With 60 X 98 Vacant Lot. Good For An Investor. $650K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Inwood: Free standing mixed use bldg, 2 stores 2 apts, parking lot $599K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-2390306 Lawrence: Renovated 4 BR, 3 Bth Split in Estates Area on Over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool, Just Redone EIK,Bths, Windows,Doors $1,100,000, Rent $6000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Lawrence: Magnificent, totally renovated manor home on 2 country acres. Oversized elegant rooms, new EIK, secluded private pool, carriage house, 3 br, 2 bath. All redone. Master suit with sitting room and his / hers baths. Too many amenities to list. Must see this exquisite home $2,675,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Lawrence: Lovely sunny apartment in move in condition recessed lighting, huge bedroom, closets galore, washer and dryer in the unit. Personal terrace. $300,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: 2br 2ba in Prestigious building w/24hr doorman, security, indoor parking & pool. Elevator, laundry room & storage on the same floor, Many closets $439,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Coop, 2BR, 2 Fbth, Lg Lr/Dr Combo, Enlsd Terrace, Elevator Bldg, Unit On 1st Flr...$155K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Coop, Ovsz 3/2BR, 2 Fbth, Open Flr Plan, Lg Terrace, Undrgrd Pkg...$229K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Lawrence: Lovely Sunny 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath Condo, Handicap Accessible, Washer/Dryer, 24hr Doorman, Elevator Building…$195K PUGATCH REALTY 516-2953000 Lawrence: (back) True Center Hall on 1/2 Acre property w/inground Pool. 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Lr,Fdr, Den/fireplace. Asking $1,250,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: Co-op, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr/ Dr, New Kit, Hardwood floors. $149,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: Coop, Garden Apt, Large 1Bedroom w/lg foyer, Lr, Dr, Kit $89,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Long Beach: Price Reduced!!2 BR, 2 Bth Renovated Oceanfront Co-op w/ Terrace Overlooking Pool, New Gym, 24 Hr Security..$379K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Lynbrook: Top Floor Unit In A Very Desirable building. hardwood floors under the new carpet, Large closets.

New IGP and gym. Air conditioned building. Heat/Water included in monthly maintenance. Laundry facilities on each floor. New EIK. New bathroom. Large closets. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 North Woodmere: EXCLUSIVE!! FIRST TIME ON MARKET!! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Raised Ranch in SD#14. Cathedral Ceiling LR,FDR,Family Rm, CAC $439K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: 4 Br,3 Bth Hi Ranch w/ Waterview, Sunny EIK, Spac Rms, CAC, Low Taxes..$499K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: Split, Water View, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Central Air, S.D.14, Brick walled, Den/fplce, Park like backyard setting on water, 2 car garage, IG sprinklers, full bsmnt, taxes approx.11,800/yr. Oversized 60’x120’ lot. By appt., Bank/mtge prequal ltr req’d. $569K NO BRKRS. 516-857-4733 North Woodmere: Completely Renovated Split . 4 BR, 3 bth. Granite Floors, Top Of The Line Custom Cabinetry And Applncs.$725K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Lovely 4BR, 3 Full Bath Raised Ranch, Den, Updtd Eik, CAC, Low Tax...$525K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Rockville Centre: First Time On The Market Mint Colonial In Sd #21. 4 Br, 3 bth. $849K VI PROPERTIES 516791-1313 Woodmere/Hewlett Neck: 1 acre lot for sale. Walk to all. Call for details. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere/Hewlett Neck: New construction-over 4000sq ft on approx 100 x 200 lot. Classic 6 BRs/ 4 bath center hall colonial w/2 story entry hall. Huge EIK, lr/fpl, FDR, large den. Full height basement. Walk to ‘Irving Pl Minyan’. Ask $1.550k Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Found A New Home. Available Asap! Walk In Thru The Large Entry To The Beautiful Spacious Living Space With Fabulous Wood Floors And Stunning Stone Fireplace. The Flow Is Flawless! A Must See! $350,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Lovely Split in immaculate Condition. 3 bedrooms.2 bathrooms, LR ,DR, EIK. Beautiful LowerLevel Den, 2 Car garage. Beautiful brick walkway and porch plus brick patio. Walk to all. Room to expand. $395,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Beautiful Home With Amazing Master Suite; Open With Plenty Of Closets And Built In’s. Two Dens, Wet Bar, EIK, 5 Bedrooms Total! So Spacious With

A Full Basement. Must See This Lovely Home. $950,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Stately brick CH colonial overlooking golf course, water views and rolling grounds. Marble foyer, den plus library. Two sided fire place. Master suite with dressing area; Six additional bedrooms 5 1/2 bath. Full finished basement. Deck with bar. Immaculate condition. $1,785,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: NEW!! Mint 7 BR, 5 Bth Exp Ranch on 1/2 Acre. Beaut Main Flr Mstr Suite/Fpl,Dressing Rm/ Bth,SD#14 $1,499,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Woodmere: PRICE REDUCED!!Over 4000 Sq Ft Trad CH Colonial, 5 BR, 4.5 Bth on Acre,Fin Bsmt,Near All, SD#14 $1,375,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Totally Renovated Mint Exp Ranch, 5 BR, 3 Bth, Granite Kitchen, Huge Mstr w/Marble Bth/WICs, New Windows, Roof,CAC,SD#14 $699K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: NEW EXCLUSIVE!! 4 BR, 3 Bath Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#14.Spacious Rooms & Lots of Room For Expansion. Full Bsmt w/ Hi Ceiling, 2 Car Garage. Near All. $639K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Tucked Away in Old Woodmere,4 BR, 3 Bth Colonial on Beautiful St.Mstr BR w/ Vaulted Ceiling/Bth, Endless Possibilities! $747K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Cedar Glen Condo, 3 BR, 2.55 Bth,LR/ Fpl,FDR,Patio off EIK,LR/Fpl,FDR,Fin Bsmt,Gar, SD#14 $529K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Totally Renovated 4/5 BR, 3.5 Bth Dutch Colonial in Old Woodmere. Country EIK,FDR,LR/Fpl,2 Dens, Mstr Suite w/ Marble Bth, Crown Moldings, HW Flrs. CAC, Fin Bsmt $829K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Woodmere: CEDAR GLEN, Fabulous Open 4 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath Townhouse Features Living Room With Fireplace & Vaulted Ceiling, Granite Eat-In-Kitchen With Deck, Main Floor Master Bedroom Suite, 2 Large Bedrooms, 1 Full Bath Upstairs. 750 Sq Ft Finished Basement, Gym/Storage, Bedroom + Full Bath, 1 Familly Attached...$619K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Academy area. Walk to aishe. Charming colonial on approx 100 x 100 lot. Room to expand.

Present all offers. $699k Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: 6 bedroom new construction located on Longacre Ave between Peninsula Blvd and West Broadway. Still time to customize. Call for appt to see the plans. Ask $1mil plus. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Totally renovated colonial on oversized property. Magnificent EIK and family room. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan (ipm) . Present all offers. Ask $600’s. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Just Listed! Ours Alone! 3Br, 2Bth Col. Large backyard. Close to all. $399K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: Co-op. Sunny, Spacious, Elegant. Beautifully Renovated 2 BR, 1 bth Apartment With High Ceilings.$159K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Woodmere: Co-op, Across from the Woodmere LIRR, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 New Bath, Lr/Dr, New Kit. $125,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Coop, elevator building, Studio w/lots of closets, Kit, Bth $45,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300

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Real Estate for Rent Cedarhurst: Across from the Cedarhurst park, Garden apartments, w/live in Super and indoor garage spot included in rent. Huge units. 1Bedrooms $1700/month LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Townhouses with Central Air and Heat, and your own washer/dryer in all units. 1 Bedroom/1.5 bath $1550/month (ALL NEW) NO FEE. Landlord is paying the commission. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Far Rockaway: 2 family (2nd floor apartment) 3 Bedroom, 2 Baths, Lr, Dr, Kosher Kit, $1900/month LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Far Rockaway: Doorman/Elevator building, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Lr/Dr, Eik, Laundry facility, parking available $1495/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: Renovated 3BR, 2 Bath Ranch Home, CAC, Full Bsmt, SD# 14…$2400/m PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Hewlett: Mint 2nd Flr Apt W/Large Eik, 1BR, 1 Fbth, Finished Attic, Close To All...$1600/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Inwood: Amazing 3 bedrooms. New construction for rent. Ready in May $1750/mo MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Lawrence: Nice 3br, 2ba cottage in the back of Lawrence. $2100/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Coop unit in Elevator building. 3Br, 2Bth, Lr, Dr, Eik, Hardwood Floors $2000/mth. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: Sponser owner unit in Garden apartment complex. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, New Kosher Kitchen, Terrace $1800/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: Fantastic 2BR, 2.5 Bath Duplex Townhouse, Terrace, Washer/Dryer, Indoor & Outdoor Parking… $2400/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Luxury Building, 24HR Doorman, Pool, Indoor Parking, 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath…$1795/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Totally Renovated Apartments, 1-2 Bedrooms, Close To All…Starting At $1500/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Massapequa: (South) Waterfront House Rental w/Private beach and use of dock.Year-Round Rental. LR/ fpl. 4Br’s, 3Bths, Jacuzzi. 2nd flr deck overlooking Bay. JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Valley Stream: Charming 3BR Colonial, Lr W/Fpl, Oak Floors, Fin Bsmt, SD# 14...$2550/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Valley Stream: Completely Renovated 3 Bedroom Apt. New Kitchen & Bath, Hwd Flrs Throughout… $2100/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: In a house. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr, Electric cooktop ( No real Kit) $1075/ month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Lovely 4BR, 3 Bath Split, Granite Eik, Lr W/ Fpl, Den…$3200/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Jr4 GraniteKit, Closets, Elevator, Pkg Available...$1575/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000

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SOAPBOX

This Passover, Let All Jews Be Free CONTINUED FROM P. A8 ish grandparent the right to automatic Israeli citizenship. On the other it endows the Orthodox Rabbinate with a monopoly over religion, primarily in the areas of conversions, marriages and death. Israel basically gives limited if any recognition to non-Orthodox denominations, egalitarian aspirations and anyone who dares claim a less stringent interpretation of Halacha, Jewish law. So the Russian immigrant with the Jewish grandfather can be drafted into the army and possibly die for the State of Israel, but if he wants to get married Jewishly in his adopted country he cannot un-

less he is converted by Orthodox law -- something he may be unwilling or unable to do. That is just not right and no matter how deep one feels about Jewish preservation. This qualifies as an injustice that needs a remedy in a fair and balanced manner.

I can go on about coalition politics or about how the stringent rules governing who is a Jew is the only thing that will preserve true Judaism as it has for thousands of years. However, we all know that such declarations are ideological only, backed up by limited scholarship and are primarily useful for factions seeking to maintain power, whether in Israeli politics or maintain-

ing Orthodox rabbinic hegemony over anything labeled “religious.” We need all the Jews we can get, “watered down” or not.

Certainly, Jewish racial purity can always be worked out on a more personal basis and less so in the broad strokes of rabbinical fiat.

As I celebrate Passover with my family I will reflect on the redemption from bondage in Egypt, my father’s survival from Hitler’s atrocities, the birth of Israel and how far we still have to go to really being a unified independent nation. I will pray that all Jews be accepted equally in the nation of Israel and that this Passover will mark the beginning of our ultimate freedom.

DEAR THAT'S LIFE

“And NOW They Listen?!”

CONTINUED FROM P. A8 no success. It seemed someone was finally listening to the rule.

Lucky me.

Sanitation workers arrived outside my home on their usual run and children waiting for the school bus gathered on my corner as my histrionics continued.

I was causing a scene. I sheepishly waved at them and wished them a good morning. I could not believe the irony, trying to decide if I should ultimately be relieved that they were abiding by our rule. Unfortunately, the silver lining of this latest saga in my life would not be apparent until after it was over. For now.

I just wanted to go inside.

Finally, I heard a voice inside my home approach the door.

While I had hoped it was not my toddler, I was not that fortunate. “Mommy,” she bellowed in the general direction of our upstairs, loud enough to wake the dead, “somebody [is] ringing the doorbell!” Rolling my eyes, I gently knocked on the door, called her name and told her it was me.

Slipping back the curtain on the side of the door, she peeked out and I waved. “Hi, Mommy,” she said, grinning ear to ear. “Hi,”

I replied, asking her to quickly get one of her siblings to let me in. “Okay,” she said quickly, excited about her mission. I was home free – or at least I thought.

Less than a minute later, she returned, but without someone capable of opening the door.

Instead she had something to show me.

“Look, Mommy!” she said beaming. “I have a new brush.”

She held the Hello Kitty brush up the window and smiled, while my chin fell to my chest.

“I know, sweetheart,” I said.

“But could you get someone to open the door for me instead?”

Again, appreciating her mission, she gave me a swift, “Okay!” and closed the shade, leaving me alone on the steps, my morning audience growing. She returned a minute later.

Sliding back the curtain, she had something else in hand.

“Look, Mommy!” she said. “I have new clips!” and showed me the matching Hello Kitty clips that had come with the brush. “That’s great, sweetheart,” I said, completely defeated. “But could you please get someone to open the door?” She smiled.

“I do it,” she replied and began to play with the knob, with no suc-

cess. Finally, I had an idea.

“Could you open the garage door?” I asked her. On a few occasions, she had been able to open that door and I figured it was worth a shot. My continual banging on the front door and bell ringing had not ceased nor was it effective, so this was plan B, and she was game. “Okay,” she said in her hurried voice, at which point I bolted from the front of my house and headed back to the garage. I was afraid she was going to open it, not see me there and allow the door to close.

I called her name as soon as I got to the door. All of a sudden, there was a slight turn of the handle. She had done it. I quickly seized my chance and pulled the door towards me. It swung open and my little girl was standing right before me. “Hi, Mommy!” she said and I gave her a big high-five. “Nice job!” I told her and we both smiled. I was filled with a complete sense of relief. Of course, it then took no time at all for my other two kids who had been upstairs and ignored every call for help to join us in the kitchen.

“Hi, Ma,” said my son, looking as innocent as ever. “Who was at the door?”

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

The Ghosts of Seders Past CONTINUED FROM P. A9 progresses and Passover endures, the good Lord having given the edict that this holiday take place at this time of year for all time.

So we gather and tell the story of the beginnings of the Jewish people along with the stories of our families so that generations

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to come will know where they came from and hopefully, if inspired by this, will have a clear idea where they’re going and how best to get there.

Passover is still the most widely observed holiday on the Jewish calendar with 92 percent of Jews participating – this exceeds the numbers even for Yom Kip-

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young pals headed to the countryside for a weekend retreat of hard partying. The group fits archetypal horror film stereotypes – the jock (Chris Hemsworth), the dumb blonde (Anna Hutchison), the innocent one (Kristen Connolly), the bookish student (Jesse Williams) and the nerd (Fran Kranz). Things look a bit off upon arrival at their cabin:

from a two-way mirror in one of the bedrooms to emblems in the basement caked in dust. As events start to turn increasingly grim, two lab technicians are looking on at the group’s perils through a large screen, their location kept a secret. Will the group prevail against their tormentors or will they perish in the woods?

The Three Stooges: Rated PG. Peter and Bobby Farrelly do

pur or Chanukah. It’s like salmon swimming upstream to return to their spawning grounds and so come Friday evening Jews from all walks of life will nibble on matza, tuck into some brisket and revel in our survival for lo, these 3500-plus years. Best wishes for a Sweet and Happy Passover!

their take on The Three Stooges with this 20th Century Fox production. Written by Mike Cerrone (Me, Myself & Irene), the brothers’ comedic take on the trio will be a sampling of new slapstick adventures set in the present day. While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a realtiy TV show. The Three Stooges stars Sean Hayes as Larry, Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe and Will Sasso as Curly. Jane Lynch, Larry David, Jennifer Hudson, Sophia Vergara, Craig Bierko and Stephen Collins also star.

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DINING IN

Tasty Recipes for a Joyous Easter Table

BY EILEEN GOLTZ

Special to The Standard

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have always been fascinated by the origins of foods and food traditions. Have you ever wondered what a bunny that lays eggs has to do with Easter and which came first, the bunny or the egg?

Ancient cultures had an early spring festival celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Theses festivals were held at the time of the first full moon following the vernal equinox. A fertility goddess named Estre was the goddess of offspring and springtime. While many different pagan religions held the same type of festival they all had different names for their fertility goddess. She was known as Ishtar, Ashtoreth and Eostre. It was believed by Babylonian legend that a giant egg fell from heaven and was incubated by doves. This is how the myth of Ashtoreth/Ishtar/Eastre was born. The hare (rabbit) was the symbol of the goddess. The male god of fertility was called Baal.

The egg was the symbol of Baal.

Not until 325 A.D. when the Nicean Council declared Easter a religious holiday was it celebrated by Christians. Because the celebration of Eastre and the celebration of the Resurrection fell at the same time of year the Nicean Council declared that the day would be celebrated on the first full moon after the vernal equinox and would be called Easter, instead of Eastre.

According to The Encyclopedia of Religion, “It was a popular Easter custom amongst Europeans and Americans to eat ham at Easter, because the pig was considered a symbol of luck in preChristian European culture.” German tradition believed that pigs are symbols of luck. If you had a pig to feed your family you were considered lucky. This is also probably the reasons that people started keeping their money in banks that were shaped like pigs.

Like I said, food plays a promi-

nent role in any holiday, and Easter is no exception. For many Americans, Easter dinner includes a hearty helping of ham.

Besides ham, pastries and bread also figure prominently in Easter fare all over the world. In Russia a paska cake is molded and baked with a cross on each side.

In Germany and Austria, an Easter bread called stollen is baked in twisted or braided strands and Poland has the mazurka, a sweet cake made with honey. Today, hot cross buns, small buns decorated with a sweet icing in the shape of a cross are the American treat associated with Good Friday and Easter.

The following recipes are perfect for any brunch, lunch or dinner you may have this year.

May your table be full of family, friends and the good cheer that always accompanies a gathering of those you love.

HOT CROSS BUNS

• 1/4 cup water - at room temperature or just slightly above • 1/2 cup lukewarm milk • 1/4 cup melted butter • 1 egg, lightly beaten • 3-1/2 cups flour • 1/4 cup sugar • 1-1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg • pinch of ground cloves • pinch of allspice • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 cup golden raisins • 1/4 cup finely chopped, mixed candied fruit Glaze • 2 tablespoons sugar • 2 tablespoons water Icing

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• 1/2 cup Confectioners’ sugar • 2 teaspoon water BREAD MACHINE: Place all the dough ingredients, except the raisins and fruit, in the bread machine pan. Set on the dough only cycle. Add the raisins and candied fruit at the bread machine’s signal for adding extra ingredients. Remove the dough from the bread machine at end of dough cycle.

Place it in a bowl, cover with a cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Shape the pieces into balls and place them 3 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost doubled, about 45 minutes to an hour. Bake in a preheated oven at 375º for 15 to 18 minutes, or until light brown on top. Remove from the oven. Place the baking sheet full of buns on a wire rack to cool. Prepare the glaze, then spread it over the warm buns.

Let the buns continue to cool on the baking sheet. When completely cool, fill a cake decorating bag, fitted with a round tip, with icing. Pipe an icing cross on each bun. Or... simply spoon narrow stips of icing, in the shape of a cross, on each bun.

MIXER: Mix the yeast, 1 cup flour, sugar, salt, and other spices in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, mix the milk and water together. Combine the dry ingredients mixture, the liquid ingredients, and the butter in a large bowl. Beat for 2 to 3 minutes at medium speed. Add the egg and beat 1 more minute. Stir in the raisins, fruit, and enough of the remaining flour to make a firm dough. Knead the dough on a floured surface for about 5 to 7 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Use additional flour if necessary. Place in a lightly greased bowl; turn over to grease the other side of the dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place.

After about 15 minutes, test the dough to see if it has risen sufficiently and is ready to be shaped.

To test, gently stick two fingers into the risen dough up to the second knuckle... take them out.

If the indentations remain, the dough is ripe and ready. Continue to follow the preparation directions above, from the **.

SWEET PECAN TURKEY (OR CHICKEN) BREAST

• Minced parsley Cut a paper-thin slice off both ends of eggs and halve eggs crosswise. Mash egg yolks with a fork and stir in remaining ingredients; season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer filling to a pastry bag fitted with a large decorative tip and pipe into whites, mounding it. Decorate with chopped black olives and parsley. The stuffed eggs may be made 6 hours ahead and chilled, covered. Makes 12 stuffed eggs.

This recipe can be doubled or tripled

CURRIED STUFFED EGGS

• 1/3 cup chopped pecans • 4 chicken boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 turkey breast (about 2 1/2 lbs) ( sliced 1/2 inch thick) • 1/2 cup brown sugar syrup • 3 tablespoons pancake syrup or maple syrup • 2 teaspoons margarine Bake pecans in a shallow pan at 325, for 8-10 minutes or until toasted; set aside. Bake the turkey or chicken breast slices in a grill pan for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Then place them in a 9X13 baking dish. In a sauce pan combine the brown sugar, pancake syrup and margarine.

Bring the mixture to a boil and then simmer for 2 minutes, add the pecans. Cook 1 minute then spoon the mixture over the meat and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

Serves 4 to 6.

TROUT AND HORSERADISH STUFFED EGGS • 6 hard-cooked large eggs • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise • 1/2 cup minced smoked trout (or other smoked fish) • 1 1/2 teaspoons bottled white horseradish, or to taste • 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste • Black olives, chopped to garnish

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6 hard cooked eggs 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream 1 1/4 teaspoons curry powder 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon sweet relish 1 green onion, chopped fine 1/2 teaspoon fresh lime juice 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste • Garnish: thinly sliced green onion Cut a paper-thin slice off both ends of eggs and halve eggs crosswise. Mash yolks with a fork; stir in remaining ingredients; salt and pepper to taste. Transfer filling to a pastry bag fitted with a large ribbon or other decorative tip and pipe into whites, mounding it. Garnish with sliced green onion. Makes 12 stuffed eggs.

This recipe can be doubled or tripled

BONE IN HAM WITH DRIED CHERRIES • 1 bone-in fully cooked ham, about 9 pounds

• 2 bottles (12 ounces each) light beer Glaze: • 2 tablespoons honey • 1 cup cherry preserves • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves • 1/2 cup dried cherries Sauce: • Cornstarch or arrowroot • Water Remove ham from refrigerator 1 hour before baking. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place ham in a large roasting pan and pour beer over it. Cover and bake 1 hour. Prepare glaze: While ham is baking, combine honey, cherry preserves and ground cloves in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir until preserves have melted and glaze is smooth.

Stir in dried cherries. After cooking the ham for a little more than an hour, baste with pan juices and spoon about half of the glaze over the ham, cover and continue cooking 20 minutes. Spoon remaining glaze over the ham, and cook another 20 to 30 minutes.

Prepare sauce: Remove ham from the pan to a cutting board and cover with foil for 15 minutes. Bring the pan juices to a simmer over two burners. Dissolve cornstarch or arrowroot in cold water (see Kitchen Note) and slowly whisk into liquid. If using cornstarch, cook about 3 to 5 minutes to thicken. Transfer to a bowl and serve with the sliced ham.

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