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‘Works of HeART’ to host second charity paint night By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
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Julianna Tand, and her charity, Julianna’s Works of HeART, will host a second charity paint night on Nov. 3. Julianna, bottom, left, with her mom, Jennifer, her dad, Rob, and her twin brother, Brandon.
Julianna Tand has been working hard her whole life to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities, helping countless children and families that benefit from its services in the New York metropolitan area. Perhaps what makes her deeds so extraordinary is that she’s only 11. Julianna, a sixth-grader at Old Mill Road School in the North Merrick School District, has raised tens of thousands of dollars throughout the years, mostly through something
she’s passionate about: art. Now, her certified nonprofit, Julianna’s Works of HeART, is set to host its second annual paint night fundraiser next month at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in North Merrick. Julianna began volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House Charities, which operates a home in New Hyde Park, near Cohen Children’s Medical Center, when she was in kindergarten, participating in a baking program. Volunteers would make food for families, using all their own supplies. Ronald McDonald House CoNTiNued oN pAge 2
South Shore neighbors unite in Merrick to stand with Israel By RACHElE TERRANoVA rterranova@liherald.com
Members of local communities gathered in solidarity with Israel last week, impassioned and tearful as they delivered messages of hope and unity. They sought comfort from one another at a South Merrick Community Civic Association meeting on Oct. 19. The conflict thousands of miles from where they stood hits close to home amid the large Jewish population on Long Island. “It’s just so powerful when we come together to hold each other up and support each other during challenging and difficult times,” said Rabbi
Josh Dorsch of the Merrick Jewish Centre. Nearly three weeks into the state of war between Israel and Hamas, more than 1,400 Israelis have been killed, and over 5,000 have been injured. At least 32 of those killed were American, according to the U.S. State Department, and Hamas captured roughly 200 hostages. In retaliatory attacks, thousands have been killed in Gaza, where an estimated 600 Americans remain trapped. The civic association meeting amplified the heartbroken — but nevertheless hopeful — voices of Jewish community members from Merrick, Bellmore and East Meadow. Open-
ing with a moment of silence for those in Israel who were killed or are being held hostage, it was led by Rabbi Mickey Baum, of Temple Beth Am of Mer rick and Bellmore, Dorsch and Deacon Ron Federici, of the Curé of Ars Roman Catholic Church in Merrick. The overarching message was a call for unity among all members of the community, Jewish or not. “Now more than ever, it is essential that we as a Jewish people stand together,” Sofie Glassman, a junior at East Meadow High School, said. “We cannot afford for anybody to be silent. Your voice matters.” Glassman has spoken openly
about her struggles with antisemitism since she was in kindergarten. At Barnum Woods Elementary School, she asked another student if she could play with her, and, Glassman says, she was turned away simply because she was Jewish. She is now a member of a dozen Jewish organizations, which have helped her use her voice to stand up for the reli-
gion, for her Jewish peers and for Israel. She spreads her message on social media, and Glassman spent a month last summer in Israel, where she made many friends her age, who now live in a country at war. Jake Novak, a political analyst, economist, editorial columnist and for mer media director at the Israeli consulate CoNTiNued oN pAge 5