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Highlighting the Hellfighters from Harlem
Rabbi Irwin Huberman, of Congregation Tifereth Israel in Glen Cove, dressed as Moses, displayed a scroll before reading from the Megillah during the synagogue’s Purim celebration on Monday. The reading recounted the biblical story of Queen Esther and the Jewish people’s deliverance from persecution in ancient Persia. Congregants gathered in costume to celebrate the holiday with music, laughter and the traditional retelling of the Purim story.
Marine Corps major and the other co-chair of the project; Kenny Jones, a descendant of The North Shore Historical the Fowler family, several memMuseum honored the legacy of bers of which served in the the Harlem Hellfighters, and 369th; and other descendants, the local effort that helped including Gloria Fowler-Jones and Deborah Wilsecure the unit a lett. Congressional Gold The event highMedal more than a lighted the role that century after their Glen Cove residents service in World played in advocatWar I, last weekend. ing for national recCapping off ognition for the Black History Hellfighters, whose Month on Feb. 28, achievements were the event served as largely overlooked a local homecomfor decades. ing, after the Hell“We’re a very fighters — memyoung museum,” bers of the 369th Georgie Connett, Infantry Regiment the facility’s presiin World War I — dent, said. “But it’s were formally hona place where peoored in Washington ple can come and and their descentake a step back and dants accepted the RICHARD HARRIS look at what’s hapmedal at a ceremo- Professor of pened in the past ny at the U.S. Capihumanities, that brought us all, tol last September. Webb Institute from the North The guests Shore, to where we included Rep. Tom Suozzi; Richard Harris, the are today.” Connett noted that the museJohn J. McMullen Professor of Humanities at Webb Institute um’s exhibit on the Hellfightand a co-chair of the Harlem ers, installed in 2018 — which Hellfighters Recognition Proj- includes one of the medals — ect; Fred Nielsen, a retired U.S. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Celebration of Purim blends tradition and lots of laughs By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Laughter and music steeped in centuriesold tradition filled the sanctuary at Congregation Tifereth Israel on Monday as the synagogue celebrated Purim with a spirited Megillah reading followed by an original musical comedy known as a Purim spiel. The evening began with a reading of the Book of Esther, the biblical story of how the Jewish people in ancient Persia were saved from destruction by the bravery of Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai. During the reading, congregants followed one of Purim’s best-known traditions, making loud
noise with groggers, or noisemakers, to drown out the name of the villain Haman whenever it was spoken. Rabbi Irwin Huberman reflected on the story’s historical roots, noting its connection to the ancient Persian Empire and the way its themes continue to resonate today. “It is absolutely phenomenal that with events going on in Iran and in Israel, that this is the story of Jews being under the thumb of the Persians,” Huberman said. “If you ask somebody today if they are from Iran, they will say that they are Persian. Iran is actually interchangeable with Persia.” Huberman explained that the events of CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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