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Chabad Center combats anti-Semitism itage 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 ser mon, may have of what delivered by Rabbi someone else talks Anchelle Perl, direcabout.” tor of the Chabad of P e rl ’s f a t h e r, Mineola. InternaHolocaust survivor tional Holocaust Zeida Moshe, surRemembrance Day vived three concenhonors the 6 million tration camps, Jewish victims of including the Dorathe Holocaust and Mittelbau and Nordmillions of other hausen slave-labor victims of the Nazi and extermination regime on the annicamps. He was libversary of the libererated from the ation of AuschwitzBuchenwald conBirkenau. centration camp. Pe rl , 6 8 , w a s In an effort to lANDoN BoRETS invited by Chabad maintain a kosher Center’s Rabbi Shi- lIBERoV diet, Moshe refused mon Kramer to give Hebrew student to eat the horsetails a sermon to chilgiven to the prisondren deemed ers of the camps. He mature enough for a survived by eating conversation about anti-Semi- close-to-kosher potato skins. tism. The center has “karate- Although he witnessed hate and style” levels, meaning that stu- horrible events, he dedicated his dents work their way through life to the teachings of Jewish Hebrew school at their own pace, heritage, Perl said. according to Kramer. Those at “He inspired us, even though the higher levels attended Perl’s sermon encouraging Jewish herContinued on page 12
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Cold enough to frost up the mask Following last weekend’s nor’easter, which brought blizzard-like conditions to the Merricks, Guilia Autorino, 3, enjoyed the snow outside her south Merrick home. 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.