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Nahmias attends North American Mayors Summit
Dreaming of a white . . . Hanukkah? Residents of the Five Towns were treated to a snowy Hanukkah as the last flakes of an almost-winter storm fell on the first night of the eightday Jewish holiday. At right, Elysa Parker, of North Woodmere, displayed her menorah, with a botanical flourish as well as dreidels and gelt — chocolate coins — on Sunday.
the antisemitic incidents their constituents face,” he wrote in a news release. The summit welcomed more Lawrence Mayor Samuel Nahmias joined more than 200 than 60 guest speakers and other municipal leaders at the moderators. Participants had 2025 North American Mayors the opportunity to join panels Summit Against Antisemitism as well as formal and informal discussions focused in New Orleans earon real-world stratlier this month. egies for combating Hosted by the antisemitism on a Combat Antisemilocal level. They tism Movement explored how to creDec. 2-4, the event ate effective stratefamiliarized offigies to reduce cials at all levels of threats, and how to government with strengthen educathe skills to combat tion, security, acts of hate directreporting systems ed at their constituand community ents, from orditrust while addressnances and crisis ing hate and discommunication crimination more guidance to law broadly. enforcement trainNahmias exing and communitySAmuel NAHmIAS plained that the building strategies. conference illumiNahmias, who Lawrence mayor nated the need for a was recently honunified front ored by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance against antisemitism, which Center of Nassau County, in can damage communities if not Glen Cove, for his commitment dealt with effectively. “Antisemitism is a persisto community and justice, noted the impact of the confer- tent, destructive force,” he said ence. “I learned from col- in a statement. “Hatred aimed leagues across government at Jews or Israel eventually about the diverse and meaning- expands to target other minoriful ways they are addressing Continued on page 14
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Town of Hempstead settles years-long Woodmere Club suit By melISSA BeRmAN mberman@liherald.com
stead Town Board meeting on Dec. 9, when officials said the agreement strikes a balance between protecting the character of the communities surrounding the club and avoiding costly litigation that could have resulted in a far larger development. “This settlement is a home run for open space in the Town of Hempstead,” Brian Devine, the town’s director of communications, wrote in an email. “Furthermore, (it) puts an end to needless and costly litigation, all while simultaneously securing community benefit funds for the sur-
After six years of litigation, zoning disputes and community opposition, the Town of Hempstead has reached a settlement with developers Efrem Gerszberg and Robert Weiss, owners of the Woodmere Club, that clears the way for construction of more than 150 age-restricted apartments on the club’s property — bringing an end to one of the most contentious land-use battles in the Five Towns in recent memory. The settlement was 2025-26 finalized atHIGH the HempSCHOOL
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e must continue to bridge divides, strengthen communication and act with empathy and solidarity.