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St. Boniface welcomes Pastor Norys American Catholics from Chicago. Norys recalled that as a boy, he and his younger brother often If someone had told Josef had to be dragged out of bed by Norys as a young man that he their father to attend Sundaywould someday be the pastor at morning mass. Saint Boniface Martyr Church “To be honest, it was just that in Sea Cliff, he probably would we were teenagers and didn’t h ave s a i d t h a t want to go,” Norys there was no way explained. “As we h e ’d e n d u p a got older — you priest. know sixth, sevBut over the enth and eighth course of a long grade — we started life spent traveling discovering the the globe, Norys roll-over-and-prerediscovered his tend-you’ re-still personal relationasleep trick.” ship with God, and Although his now intends to father eventually b r i n g h i s ow n JONATHAN stopped trying to experiences of life, force his sons to go priesthood and ser- KAVANAGH to church, Catholivice to others to Parishioner, St. cism was still his new parish. important to Norys Boniface Martyr Norys was the for the next few son of a Naval offidecades of his life, cer and grew up in a number of although he attended Mass less U.S. Naval bases around the and less. After graduating from country and the world. Born in the University of Virginia with a Kenitra, Morocco, in 1966, he degree in mechanical engineerwould live in Rhode Island, ing, he worked for electrical disHawaii, California, Virginia and tribution manufacturers and Japan. renewable-energy companies. Despite the traveling, one conAfter working in Australia, stant in his life was attending Hong Kong and other major Mass every Sunday with his parents, both of whom were PolishCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Runway magic in Sea Cliff Fashionistas were treated to a fashion show at Hummingbird, in Sea Cliff, last Saturday, featuring the latest in fall attire. More photos, Page 16.
Area schools are in compliance with Holocaust education law By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
There is a renewed emphasis on Holocaust education in local schools, thanks to a new state law signed in August by Gov. Kathy Hochul, requiring public school superintendents to attest in a survey that their schools are making the Holocaust part of classroom instruction. The survey asks whether elementary, middle and high schools are providing instruction related to the Holocaust, how they are doing so and what type of training educators have received in the subject. The answers were submitted by Nov. 10.
It appears that the law was particularly timely. The nonprofit Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany released the 2020 U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey in September. The 50-state survey of millennials and members of Generation Z revealed a lack of basic Holocaust knowledge, with New York young people among the lowest scorers. Some 58 percent of those between ages 18 and 39 could not name a single concentration camp, 19 percent said they believed Jews caused the Holocaust, and 28 percent said they believed the Holocaust is a myth or has been exaggerated. In those categories, New York had the worst CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
e’s not afraid to tell you what he thinks, but he always listens.