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East Meadow musician drops new ‘glam pop’ duction from Hofstra University, and a master’s in business administration from Long Music has always been a Island University, which at the part of Stephanie Lombardo’s time was still known as C.W. life, and her journey in the Post. “Closer” is a collaborative music world has evolved over the past decade, leading up to piece that she took on with the the release of her song “Clos- electronic dance music artist known as Korvez. Back in 2010, er” last month. she’d never written The East Meadow music or thought native started learnabout pursuing anying to play piano thing original. around the age of 3, “I always wanted and that she began to write music, but I performing in local n e ve r t h o u g h t I shows for live audicould start, or I’d ences at the age of have writer’s block 14, with her first the whole time,” she perfor mance ever said. “But in 2010, I taking place at Eisenhower Park’s StEphANIE loMBARDo was just around a lot of new and Harry Chapin Thei n s p i r i n g m u s i c, atre. “I’ve been pursuing music and I started writing my own ever since,” she said. “I went to stuff and my own material.” The first song she wrote, school for film production and business, so not music. Howev- “Get Out of Bed” was released er, music has always been a d e c a d e a g o. L o m b a r d o there. It’s like my second described it as a ballad and love song. career.” “It took me, like, a year to Lombardo, now 34, graduated from East Meadow High finish it,” she recounted. “I put School in 2006 and attended the pen down, and then I picked Nassau Community College, it up a few months later and where she studied media. She finished it.” When she decided to record l at e r e a r n e d a b a ch e l o r ’s degree in film studies and proContinued on page 4
By JoRDAN VAlloNE
jvallone@liherald.com
Tim Baker/Herald
at a student rally for israel last week, east Meadow’s Sofie glassman encouraged her peers in the crowd to find their voice and help foster change amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle east and the rise of antisemitism across the globe.
Sofie Glassman, E.M. teen, among speakers at L.I. rally By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Jewish teenagers from high schools and colleges came together at a rally in Merrick last week, in solidarity and support for Israel amid its ongoing war against Hamas. In the weeks following the Oct. 7 attack in which Hamas entered Israel and killed more than 1,000 people, taking hundreds captive, Jews have been affected by a steady increase in antisemitism around the world. Students, in particular, have witnessed and been affected by hate in schools. Just a few weeks ago, swastikas were found in an East Meadow High School classroom — an incident that joins countless others on Long Island.
At the Nov. 22 rally, organized by Jodi TurkGoldberg and Stephanie Arnell, in collaboration with the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, dozens of teenagers from a number of communities gathered at the intersection of Broadcast Plaza and Merrick Avenue, near the Merrick Long Island Rail Road station. Rabbis, leaders in the Jewish community and elected officials joined the students, and several speakers took the stage to pledge their unwavering support for Israel. “The reason why you’re gathered right here today is because many of us feel surrounded by the darkness in our schools, our colleges and on the streets,” Rabbi Shimon Kramer, director of the Chabad Center, said. “Your Continued on page 10