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Memory of genocide meets hope at HMTC Alyssa Annis, who manages Holocaust education in Sharaka, opened the evening by The halls of the Holocaust recalling how she found the Memorial and Tolerance Cen- organization amid despair folter of Nassau County filled lowing Hamas’s attacks on Israwith an unusual mix of voices el on Oct. 7, 2023. “If you would last week: Jewish educators, have told me on Oct. 8 that an Arab peace-builders organization existand young leaders ed like Sharaka,” from across the she said, “I Middle East. The wouldn’t have occasion was a diabelieved you.” logue with Sharaka, Annis’s work — a nonprofit organibridging Holocaust zation that emerged memory with conin the wake of the temporary Arab Abraham Accords, engagement — which normalized developed into a diplomatic relamission to fight tions between IsraHolocaust denial el and several Arab and antisemitism in nations in 2020. communities where T he ev ent , o n it persists. “We Jan. 24, had a parhave voices from ALYSSA ANNIS ticular resonance at the region who are HMTC, which was Holocaust education, devoted to make built to preserve the Sharaka sure that history testimony of Holodoesn’t repeat caust survivors and itself,” she said. to educate future generations Youssef Elazhari, from about hatred and moral cour- Morocco, described a deep hisage. The Sharaka delegation, torical connection between m a d e u p o f l e a d e r s f r o m Jews and Muslims in North Morocco, Bahrain, Israel and Africa, stretching back over the United States, came not two millennia — yet he spoke only to share their stories but candidly about how modern also to demonstrate the power propaganda and mistrust had of unlikely partnerships. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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Katharine Carter with her dogs Storm and Pooch on Monday.
Locals weather a weekend blizzard in a variety of ways By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
After a fierce winter storm swept across Long Island on Sunday, dumping heavy snow, followed by sleet and ice, Glen Cove and much of the North Shore were left digging out from roughly 18 inches of accumulation as dangerously cold temperatures settled in. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide State of Emergency ahead of the storm, mobilizing emergency resources as conditions rapidly deteriorated across the region. In Glen Cove, Department of Public Works crews began preparing days in
advance, inspecting plows, outfitting them with new rubber blades and ensuring that salt spreaders were fully operational. When snowfall intensified Sunday morning — at times falling at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour — crews were deployed, and worked continuously through Monday afternoon to clear roadways and treat icy surfaces. “It was a group effort,” Ralph Comitino, president of the Glen Cove Civil Service Employees Association, said on Monday afternoon. “The men prepared all week. They fixed the plows, put the rubbers on, maintained all the equipment and made sure the spreaders and the salt were working. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
e have voices from the region who are devoted to make sure that history doesn’t repeat itself.