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Chabad Center combats anti-Semitism Jewish heritage and pride. “There’s a huge amount of ignorance out there,” Perl told In the lead-up to International the children. “The more you Holocaust Remembrance Day, know about being Jewish, the Jan. 27, the Chabad Center for stronger you are, and the less Jewish Life in Merrick hosted a concern, or anxiety, or fear you special sermon, delivered by may have of what someone else Rabbi Anchelle Perl, talks about.” director of the P e rl ’s f a t h e r, Chabad of Mineola. Holocaust survivor International HoloZeida Moshe, surcaust Remembrance vived three concenDay honors the 6 tration camps, million Jewish vicincluding the Doratims of the HoloMittelbau and Nordcaust and millions hausen slave-labor of other victims of and extermination the Nazi regime on camps. He was libthe anniversary of erated from the the liberation of Buchenwald conAuschwitz-Birkecentration camp. nau. In an effort to Pe rl , 6 8 , w a s maintain a kosher invited by Chabad lANDoN BoRETS diet, Moshe refused Center’s Rabbi Shito eat the horsetails mon Kramer to give lIBERoV given to the prisona sermon to chil- Hebrew student ers of the camps. He dren deemed survived by eating mature enough for a close-to-kosher potaconversation about to skins. Although anti-Semitism. The center has he witnessed hate and horrible “karate-style” levels, meaning events, he dedicated his life to that students work their way the teachings of Jewish heritage, through Hebrew school at their Perl said. own pace, according to Kramer. “He inspired us, even though Those at the higher levels attended Perl’s sermon encouraging Continued on page 12
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Courtesy Jessi Corsaro
Choosing each step carefully Following last weekend’s nor’easter, which brought blizzard-like conditions to the Bellmores, Christopher Corsaro, 18 months, headed down his sidewalk in North Bellmore, where the snow piles were almost his height. More photos, Page 3.
What’s next for public water? By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
On Jan. 25, it was announced that the Town of Hempstead had appointed John Reinhardt, Laura Ryder and Joseph Baker commissioners of the South Nassau Water Authority District Board. The decision brings South Shore residents who receive water from Liberty Utilities, previously know as New York American Water, one step
closer to the creation of a public water authority, and with that, relief from high water rates. On Nov. 3, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the South Nassau Water Authority Act into law, providing a path for the public acquisition of the privately owned NYAW, which served approximately 113,000 residents of the Town of Hempstead. The utility is now controlled by Liberty Utilities, whose $608 million purchase of NYAW was finalized on
Jan. 3. The town was required to appoint three people to the SNWA board. The other two board members must be appointed by the Nassau County Legislature. The deadline for those appointments was Tuesday, as the Herald went to press. Christopher Boyle, a spokesman for the county, said Monday that County Executive Bruce Continued on page 11
’ve had some experiences with antiSemitism, mostly in elementary school, but it was apparent in middle school.