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Vol. 70 No. 32
AUGUST 4 - 10, 2022
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Sharks at Jones Beach Don’t be worried about attacks, experts advise By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
Michael Malaszczyk/Herald
loNG ISlANd HAS seen record-high shark activity this year, with five attacks reported within a two-week period in July.
While you should be careful and alert while swimming in the ocean, you shouldn’t be too concerned about getting bitten by a shark at Jones Beach, according to the experts. Long Island has seen unusually high levels of shark activity this year, and one swimmer was reportedly bitten on the foot at Jones Beach on July 1. A 57-year-old man swimming at the state park early that afternoon suffered what appeared to be a wound to his right foot, the possible result of a shark bite. The apparent incident prompted increased police patrols of the water. The incident was one of five reported Continued on page 5
Antisemitic graffiti discovered at Forest City Park Pond By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
Max Williams, 23, was horrified when he stumbled across antisemitic graffiti as he sought a fishing spot at Forest City Park Pond in Wantagh last month. The graffiti included a swastika, anti-American writing, and several racial epithets and other antisemitic profanities, which were located in a tunnel near State Route 105 and the Wantagh Parkway. Williams, who is Jewish, said he was very upset when he came across the graffiti. “I had family killed in the Holocaust,” he said. “It’s really sad and unsettling
that we are still dealing with so much hate today.” Officials said antisemitism is on the rise on Long Island, as evidenced by recent flyers posted all over Rockville Centre, Oceanside and Long Beach falsely alleging that there is some sort of conspiracy involving the Jewish members of President Biden’s administration. According to the Nassau County Legislature, the neoNazi group the Goyim Defense League is behind these allegations. It is unknown whether the graffiti found at Forest City Park Pond is connected to the Goyim Defense League, officials said. In April, swastikas and satanic
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RABBI SHIMoN KRAMER symbols were also found on trees in the park, and in February of 2018, a swastika was found outside a woman’s house on Brent Drive. In 2011, a swastika and hateful messages were found on a footbridge spanning the Wantagh Parkway, from Beltagh Avenue.
Religious leaders across Nassau County have continued to condemn these acts of hate. The Rev. Wasyl Hrynkiw, of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Uniondale, said Ukrainians were also deemed subhuman by the Nazi regime and subjected to forced labor, deportation and death. The Z symbol, currently being used by Russian invaders
in Ukraine, is eerily similar to the swastika, he said. “To fly these symbols is not only anti-Jewish, or anti-Ukrainian, it’s anti-humanity,” Hrynkiw said. “The people who did this are criminals, part of some hateful gang. We stand against them, and with humanity.” Equally forceful words came Continued on page 15