CoMMUNItY UPDAtE Infections as of Feb. 22
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Infections as of Feb. 15 3,210
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‘We will miss his bright smile’ World War II veteran Eddie Rosenblum dies at age 100 man, his neighbor, in a Twitter post. “We will miss his bright smile and positivity.” West Hempstead Army veterRosenblum was just a teenagan Edmund Rosenblum, who er when he watched Adolf Hitler was known as Eddie, told the march down the streets of his Herald last year that he was hometown, Vienna, Austria, in thankful to be recognized for his 1938. He also wityears of service by nessed the carnage local g roups and of Kristallnacht, the elected officials Night of Broken when he celebrated Glass, later that year, his 100th birthday on during which Nazi July 27. paramilitary forces Community and civilians murgroups, including dered at least 90 the West Hempstead Je w s, r a n s a c ke d Fire Department and Jewish homes, hosBoy Scout Troop 240, pitals and schools, and officials surand destroyed hunEddie Rosenblum prised Rosenblum dreds of synagogues. w i t h a d r ive - by To escape Hitler’s parade for his birthday. County murderous campaign against Executive Laura Curran present- Jews, Rosenblum emigrated ed him with a proclamation for from Austria to New York City his contributions to the commu- with his older sister, Mitzi, arrivnity. ing on a chilly, rainy morning in Rosenblum, who lived in West 1939. He got a job as a tailor Hempstead for more than 60 shortly after his arrival, earning years, died on Feb. 14. $10 a week. “Eddie proudly served in Living in the Bronx near the World War II and frequently old Yankee Stadium, he was spoke about being grateful for drafted into the U.S. Army in freedom,” said Yehuda FriedContinued on page 5
By NAkEEM GRANt ngrant@liherald.com
Courtesy Town of Hempstead
MAlVERNItEs MICHEllE AND Larry Foder renewed their wedding vows at the Coral House on Feb. 11, accompanied by Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito.
Love was in the air
Couples renew wedding vows at Coral House By BRIDGEt DowNEs bdownes@liherald.com
“I found Larry over a death certificate,” Michelle Foder said of her husband. She’s a funeral director at Franklin Funeral Home in Franklin Square. “So we found something happy over something sad.” Larry, who works in the Town of Hempstead clerk’s office, met Foder when she visited Town Hall to file documents. They married 12 years
ago and have two children. The Foders, of Malverne, were among the couples who were invited by the Town of Hempstead to renew their wedding vows at a socially distanced reception at the Coral House in Baldwin on Feb. 11 to celebrate Valentine’s Day. “We were happy that they extended an event like this at this time,” Larry said. “My wife, being a first responder — she’s a funeral director — she had a rough year, emo-
tionally, physically. It was tolling, so being able to do something like this, a little sense of normalcy, is a nice gesture.” Although the coronavirus pandemic forced cancellation of all types of celebrations, town officials partnered with the Coral House to host wedding vow renewal ceremonies and complimentary dessert receptions for first responder couples and those who have been working on the front Continued on page 3