Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School hosted the annual Yeshiva League Model Congress tournament over Zoom, for the first time, on March 10.
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By Jordana Mastour
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4/1/21
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A year ago, the coronavirus pandemic arrived in New York, and fear and confusion ensued. We needed a calming voice to talk us through the crisis, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo was that voice.
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3/11/21
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Billing itself as a forum for people across the political and religious spectrum to discuss issues of local importance, the Jewish Alliance for Dialogue and Engagement, currently a private chat group on WhatsApp comprising roughly 130 people, is seeking to re-engage community members without rancor.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/3/21
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Coup, lies, sedition, terrorists and treason, words usually associated with countries undergoing violent upheaval. On Wednesday, those words painted the United States with the same brushes with one more word – insurrection.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/7/21
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The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC in Cedarhurst is one of three Long Island nonprofit organizations that will receive federal money from the United States Department of Health and Human Services through its Drug-Free Communities Support Program.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/16/20
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For 15 years, Kathleen Rice has worked hard to serve the public, first as the Nassau County District attorney and then as a member of Congress, and she deserves another term representing the 4th Congressional District. Though her opponent, Douglas Tuman, showed a commendable desire to serve in Congress, Rice is the more well-rounded, experienced candidate.
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10/27/20
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The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department was one of four Nassau County fire departments that will receive money through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grant and Assistance to Firefighters Grant programs.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/2/20
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The vehicles drove in and out, the power jacks pulled the boxes full of food from the trucks and in the middle of all the kosher food distribution at the Lawrence School District’s Broadway Campus in Lawrence, was Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns, appeared on Aug. 26.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/26/20
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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Rep. Tom Suozzi on Wednesday called on Republican senators to work with the Democratically led House of Representatives to pass another round of economic stimulus, only …
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By Scott Brinton
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7/29/20
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After responding to the coronavirus pandemic with several emergency relief measures, Congress will now have the opportunity to pass one that would protect your access to trustworthy local news, help grow local businesses through ads in local news media — and reward you for subscribing to a newspaper like the Herald.
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7/23/20
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