If you had told 19-year-old Huntington Bay native Grace Dima a year ago that she would be playing at the Nassau Coliseum in front of family and friends as a member of Long Island’s first Division I college hockey team, she might have called you crazy.
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By Jordan Stoopler
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10/20/19
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Carole Tolkin, a longtime Five Towns resident now living in Manhattan, was presented with the prestigious Hannah G. Solomon Award from the Lawrence-based National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/19/19
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Hewlett resident Celina Bialt was among the 10 women that State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin (D-Rockville Centre) recognized as part of her inaugural Women of Distinction awards ceremony at the East Rockaway Memorial Park band shell on Aug. 7.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Rachel Gottesman
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8/22/19
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I never knew why my husband’s Aunt Ada went into the Army during World War II, but my hunch is that the family thought it might tame her wild ways.
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8/16/19
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Roughly 850 children “shopped” for new clothing, school supplies and other items at the seventh annual Back 2 School Store sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula and South Shore sections at Hewlett High School on July 28.
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8/15/19
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Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free.
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8/9/19
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It’s been a month since Team USA claimed the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands. The squad’s dominance throughout the tournament reignited the national conversation on the gender pay gap.
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8/2/19
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Ann Schockett, from Woodmere, is in the running to become president of the National Federation of Republican Women for the 2020-2021 term after this year’s nominating committee unanimously agreed on their choices for the leadership offices.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Frank Gargano
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7/25/19
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In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years.
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By Kathleen Rice and JoAnn Smith
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6/21/19
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The National Council of Jewish Women-Long Island sections recognized five women. Including Judy Bernstein at its 24th annual Women Who Make a Difference luncheon at Temple Avodah, in Oceanside, on May 1.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/23/19
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