New York saw a spike in hate crimes directed at the Jewish community toward the end of 2019 — during Hanukkah, of all times. It was particularly disturbing . . .
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1/2/20
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Over the past year and a half, the incidence of hate crimes has skyrocketed across the nation, and Long Island. Just a few weeks ago, swastikas were scrawled on sidewalks . . .
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3/16/18
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Aside from the unseasonably warm weather, it was an average morning for Oceanside’s Hubert family on Feb. 21. But just after Sherry Hubert’s husband left for work around 7 a.m., he suddenly …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/21/18
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Police reported what they are considering a bias incident that occurred on Lincoln Avenue in Oceanside on Feb. 21 at 7 a.m.
According to detectives, a 54-year-old Lincoln Avenue homeowner notified …
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2/21/18
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In April 2014, two students at St. Anthony’s High School, in South Huntington, brought a Confederate flag to a sporting event. They were subsequently expelled. Later that month, Newsday published an editorial . . .
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7/29/15
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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
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4/24/14
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Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . .
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1/31/14
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