Keyword: Vigil
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Father Philip Sandrick, of St. Josaphat’s Monastery in Lattingtown, spoke at the Town of Oyster Bay vigil on Tuesday.
Ukrainians gather to pray for peace at local vigil
They gathered, prayed, sang and wept. Over 150 people, many of them Ukrainian, some unable to speak English, attended a peace vigil on Tuesday hosted by the Town of Oyster Bay at St. Josaphat’s … more
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Dozens of residents, police officers and elected officials came to Memorial Park in East Rockaway to mourn the deaths of NYPD Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora. Many of them lit candles.
East Rockaway hosts vigil to remember slain NYPD officers
Candles lit up Memorial Park last Thursday as residents, police officers and elected officials gathered in East Rockaway to mourn the loss of two slain NYPD officers. more
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At the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Tom Suozzi joined a bipartisan group of senators and representatives to honor the 500,000 people who have died of the coronavirus in the U.S. Story, Page 4.
D.C. candlelight vigil for 500,000 Covid victims
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove, joined a bipartisan group of members of Congress in a candlelight moment of silence at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, to honor the 500,000 people in the United States who have died of Covid-19.  more
Khaseen Morris’s family — from left, his aunt Kameel Gayle, his niece Kayle Morris, his sister Keyanna, his brother, Khaleem, his niece Khloe Morris and his sister Kedeemah — comforted one another during a vigil in his memory on Sept. 18.
‘He was the life of our family’
Khaseen Morris wanted to be a rock star. He was the eccentric kid with two-toned black and red hair who listened to Lil Uzi Vert and skateboarded practically everywhere. more
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Dimitri Garrett went to school with Kaseem Morris. He and his mother, Erica, brought a box of candles and some flowers for people to light.
'Love was Khaseen': Vigils honor slain Oceanside teen
The girls huddled together, crying in one another’s arms at the candlelight vigil for Khaseen Morris on Tuesday night in front of the China King and A Day Cleaners on Brower Avenue, near Oceanside … more
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Volunteers set up an altar with 11 candles for the 11 lives lost in the shooting.
Oceanside hosts vigil after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
In the wake of the mass shooting that left 11 dead at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, hundreds of local residents gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Oceanside Veterans Triangle on Oct. 30. more
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Hundreds of people joined elected officials in Kennedy Plaza on Monday to mourn the loss of 11 people who were murdered in the country’s deadliest anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27.
The city’s show of solidarity
By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com “This is an attack — one we never imagined would happen on American soil against the Jewish people,” Rabbi Eli Goodman, of Chabad of the Beaches, … more
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Oceanside, Island Park rabbis react to synagogue shooting
In the wake of a mass shooting in which 11 died at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, hundreds of local residents gathered for a vigil at the Oceanside Veterans Triangle on Long Beach Road on Tuesday. more
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About 100 residents of Wantagh, Seaford, Bellmore, East Meadow and Levittown joined religious leaders at Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church on Aug. 26 for a vigil against hate, bigotry and prejudice.
Finding light in the darkness
Light from an iPad screen glowed on Rabbi Howard Nacht’s face as he recounted recent anti-Semitic hate crimes on Long Island and across the country to a hushed crowd of 100 Wantagh, Seaford, … more
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Emma Travers, co-founder of the Rockville Centre group Raising Voices USA, organized the vigil.
Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents join Rockville Centre protest of hatred in Virginia
“Why don’t we gather up closer?” Rabbi Elliott Skiddell told a crowd of more than 100 people who surrounded the stairs outside Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth on Aug. 17. “We can love one another a little bit more.” more
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