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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signed the legislation creating NassauStopBullying.org. Behind her were, from left, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder; Legislators Steven Rhoads, Laura Schaefer and Ellen Birnbaum; Pride for Youth’s LGBT youth services coordinator, Aiden Jay Kaplan; and Legislator Joshua Lafazan.
Nassau County, schools set an anti-bullying tone
School isn’t in session, but preparation never ends for teachers and administrators. In addition to educating young minds, creating a safe and welcoming environment for students is vital. more
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Rabbi Claudio Kupchik of Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst said: We must make sure that this increase stops — not just anti-Semitism but all forms of hatred and intolerance.
Anti-Semitic incidents increase
A 90 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in New York state in 2017 should be taken seriously, according to rabbis in the Five Towns. more
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The governor takes aim at the gender pay gap
Over the past several decades, women have made tremendous strides in the workforce. Working mothers are now the single or primary source of income in 40 percent of . . . more
Nassau County is offering its up to $5,000 reward for information about the swastikas that were spray painted on the pillars of a Cedarhurst garage.
$5,000 reward offered in latest Cedarhurst swastika incident
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offering by the Nassau County police and Crime Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest of the person pr persons responsible for spray painting two swastikas on the pillars of a garage on Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst between March 25 at 4:30 p.m. and March 28 at 10:30 a.m. more
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One swastika drawn with chalk was discovered outside this Oxford Road home in Cedarhurst on March 7.
Swastikas drawn on Cedarhurst street
hen Craig Smulevitz arrived at his Oxford Road home in Cedarhurst after a double shift as a paramedic and a Mount Sinai Hospital patient-transfer center employee in the early evening on March 7, he was shocked at what he saw drawn in chalk on the sidewalk in front of his house. more
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Security cameras were installed by the Long Island Rail Road at the Cedarhurst and Lawrence stations to help deter similar bias graffiti as the swastika above.
LIRR installs security cameras at Cedarhurst and Lawrence
The Long Island Rail Road has installed the long-awaited security cameras at the Cedarhurst and Lawrence train stations. more
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Security cameras are to be installed at the Cedarhurst LIRR station later this year. Above, a platform shelter panel defaced last month.
Cedarhurst LIRR station to get security cameras
Following several incidents of bias graffiti and other crime security cameras will be installed at the Cedarhurst Long Island Rail Road station near the station building later this year. more
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County and MTA police are partnering again in a joint effort to catch the person or persons responsible for anti-Semitic images at Five Towns train stations. Above, a swastika etched into a shelter panel in Cedarhurst earlier this month.
Battling Five Towns bias graffiti
The Nassau County police and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority police are joining forces to combat anti-Semitic graffiti after three new swastikas were found at the Cedarhurst and Woodmere Long Island Rail Road station this month. more
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The Long Island Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism was formed by six organizations in response to an increase of hate crimes against Jews. Above, bias graffiti etched on a plastic panel of a passenger shelter at the Cedarhurst station in 2013.
Battling against a rise in anti-Semitism
Based on what they say is a rise of hate crimes against Jews, a half dozen organizations have joined together to form the Long Island Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism. more
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Writers' personal lives? Nobody's business.
Last month, many readers of The New York Times were outraged to learn that columnist David Brooks’s son is serving with the Israel Defense Forces. more
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