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Joining forces to fight antisemitism By lISA MARGARIA Special to the Nassau Herald
For the third time in more than two years, Cedarhurst village was the backdrop in the battle against antisemitism. On Aug. 23, Jewish elected officials, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, Assemblyman Ari Brown and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, along with others, decried the volume of antisemitism that has occurred recently, including antisemitic flyers that were found in mailboxes and public places in Cedarhurst, Long Beach, Oceanside and Rockville Centre during the summer months. Blakeman said the county is not lying down against these attacks. “We’re not taking any of this without there being a reaction to the action,” he said. “When we see flyers that are purely antisemitic, our great Nassau County Police Department led by Commissioner (Pat-
rick) Ryder, we know who they (the suspects) are and we’re watching them. And you know what? They’re not stupid. They don’t cross the line. They come right to the line. They go and they say: we’re protected by freedom of speech. But when they cross that line, trust me. We will arrest them. We’ll lock them up and we’ll prosecute them.” Noting the county’s Commission against Antisemitism, Blakeman said along with supporting law enforcement, another way to combat antisemitism is to educate young people. New York state has taken a step in that direction as Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, recently signed a law mandating schools provide in-depth Holocaust education. New York is now one of 23 states requiring public schools to teach the Holocaust. “Nobody should feel unsafe on our streets or Continued on page 17
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ASSEMBlyMAN ARI BRowN was one of several people who spoke about the ongoing battle against antisemitism in Cedarhurst on Aug. 23.
Five Towns schools plan to operate more like it’s 2019 By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
With the start of new school year, there is a return to a sense of normalcy for students, faculty and staff after two-plus years of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Remote learning highlighted the 2019-20 academic year. The 2020-21 year was a blend of inperson and remote instruction, along with masks, social distancing and hand sanitizer. Last year saw loosened restrictions because of the vaccination. “The state has rolled back to what the guidance was in 2019 following the CDC guidelines,” Hewlett-Woodmere School Dis-
trict superintendent Ralph Marino Jr. said at a Superintendent’s Roundtable at the Center for Adult Life Enrichment in Hewlett on Aug. 25. “I’m very, very excited.” Marino pointed to the Freshmen Focus day at Hewlett High School on Aug. 24, where 200 students mingled and were introduced to high school life as one of the many benchmarks of returning to normal. “Football started practice and all the sports will be practicing (this) week,” he said, adding that in an effort to accommodate everyone’s needs a combination of masks, social distancing and plexiglass dividers will likely be used. With an increasing return to
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Lawrence superintendent normalcy, Lawrence School District Superintendent Ann Pedersen said that the goal for every learner is to be successful by setting and achieving their goals. “Every member of the Lawrence community is wildly
important to us,” Lawrence School District Superintendent Ann Pedersen said. “We look forward to the school year and to helping our students make wildly important goals and measuring their success towards them.” Pedersen said the school district will retain use of specific tools. “The ability to meet people electronically in Google Meets can help facilitate conversa-
tions quickly between stakeholders but also highlight a dee p appreciation for the human connection that in-person learning allows for,” she said. Joshua Gold, principal of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Middle School, trumpeted the manner in which all the HAFTR schools dealt with the pandemic. Continued on page 16