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President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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4/15/21
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Volunteers at the Barry and Florence Freidberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside prepared and delivered 200 traditional Passover meals on March 25. Recipients in the surrounding communities received two “Seder in a Box” dinners and a socially-distant visit.
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By Tom Carrozza
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4/1/21
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Amid declining membership and decreasing funds, Oceanside Jewish Center administrators are seeking a new project at the house of worship after Town of Hempstead officials unanimously denied a request to build a 119-room assisted-living facility on part of the property.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/31/21
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The Diocese of Rockville Centre has sold its Pastoral Center, at Sunrise Highway and North Park Avenue in the heart of downtown Rockville Centre, for $5.2 million, church officials announced …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/27/21
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Whether it was because of traffic, environmental, parking or other concerns, many community members said they breathed a sigh of relief when the Hempstead Town Board voted on March 9 against a proposed three-story, 119-room assisted-living facility at the site of the Oceanside Jewish Center.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/18/21
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In normal years, Purim is celebrated with large family gatherings at which relatives exchange Purim baskets, wear costumes and share a meal. Purim, or the Festival of Lots, commemorates the survival of the Jews who, in the fifth century, were marked for death by their Persian rulers.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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3/4/21
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I applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19.
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By Lawrence E. Eisenstein
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2/25/21
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The coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc.
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2/25/21
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It happened as, I assume, many of these things do: It was a busy day, I was working at home, and the cellphone rang.
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By James Bernstein
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2/11/21
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
The Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, in Ocean-side, put actions to the words of the man they were celebrating last week when they conducted their MLK Day of Service to bring people in the community together at a time when it’s difficult to impossible to gather as one.
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By Tom Carrozza
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1/28/21
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