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Town decries zoning change Hochul’s budget proposal would redo single-family regulations — it’s an attack on the suburban way of living,” said County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Town of Hempstead and Nas- Republican. “. . . This is a power sau County officials — and some grab by New York City politiSouth Shore residents — are up cians, and we’re not going to in arms over a zoning proposal take it.” in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022-23 East Meadow resident Raheel state budget. Ahmad, who moved Dozens of elected h i s f a m i ly f ro m officials gathered Brooklyn to Long outside an East Island six years ago, Meadow home Feb. 3 appeared to say he to voice their opposiopposed the propostion to “Section AA” al. “I moved in from of the proposed Brooklyn not spending plan, because I wanted which would effecanother city life, but tively eliminate sinbecause I wanted the gle-family zoning suburbs,” Ahmad across the state, said. “… What I allowing single-famibelieve is that the ly homes to add on BRUcE quality of life is bet“accessory dwelling ter in the suburbs BlAKEMAN units,” or apartthan the city, and I ments, by converting County Executive want it to stay that basements, garages way.” Ahmad has and attics into sepathree children, ages rate residences. 7, 3 and 2, and they were a cenAt last week’s news confer- tral part of the reason he moved ence, officials detailed what they to Long Island. saw as the potentially negative The officials called on resii m p a c t s o f t h e p ro p o s a l : dents to contact Hochul’s office increased traffic, a strain on and make their objections clear. resources and infrastructure, A Feb. 4 letter to the governor and additional students in public signed by the Hempstead Town schools. “It’s an attack on the suburbs Continued on page 9
By MAlloRY WilsoN mwilson@liherald.com
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RABBi RoNAld ANdRoPHY started a class to study the Jewish Bible in 1983, only recently completing the project.
East Meadow synagogue completes 39-year Bible study By MAlloRY WilsoN mwilson@liherald.com
The East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center on Prospect Avenue in East Meadow completed a project Feb. 3 that not many others have taken on — an almost 40-year, word-byword, verse-by-verse study of the Jewish Bible. “I wanted to engage our adults in adult learning,” Rabbi Ronald Androphy said. “I personally and the synagogue believe that Jewish peo-
ple should be life-long learners,” adding that religious education is not just for children but for adults as well. Androphy started the class in 1983 with “Genesis,” the first chapter of the “Tanach,” the Jewish Bible that they studied every Thursday from October through spring, verse by verse. The class started with about 40 students and ended last Thursday with 50 screens tuned into a class on Zoom, which Androphy switched to
during the coronavirus pandemic. “The entire Bible is a long document, and it contains 39 books, 929 chapters and tens of thousands of verses, and we did every single verse,” Androphy said. “There are over 23,000 verses in the entire Bible.” Androphy said the class studied the English translation of the Hebrew Bible, but also analyzed the different Continued on page 12
t’s an attack on the suburbs — it’s an attack on the suburban way of living.