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Museum offers ‘250 years on North Shore’ Richard Harris, a museum board member and professor of humanities, assistant dean and As the United States cele- director of humanities at Webb brates its 250th anniversary, the Institute, in Glen Cove. British forces, Harris North Shore Historical Museum is looking beyond the famil- explained, took control of Long iar Revolutionary War stories Island early in the war and held of Boston and Philadelphia and it for seven years. The region focusing on what the fight for was politically divided as well, independence with many resi meant much closer dents remaining to home. loyal to the Crown The museum’s while others supnew exhibit, “250 ported indepenYears on the North dence. For local Shore,” explores Patriots, Harris the Revolutionary said, living in Britera through the ish-controlled terriexperiences of tory meant they Long Islanders, were often outnumwhile connecting bered by Loyalists. the nation’s foundThe exhibit took KOOROSH LEIBOWITZ roughly 10 months ing to later chapters of Glen Cove North Shore Historical to develop, and was history. The exhib- Museum board assembled by severit, which runs al museum board through November, features members, who divided the artifacts, historical accounts r e s e a r c h a m o n g d i f f e r e n t and illustrations, along with aspects of the Revolutionary photographs and a flag from period and its local connecGlen Cove’s 1976 Bicentennial tions. Harris focused on the celebration. broader history and major “We always so often think events and personalities, while about Boston and Philadelphia, Jonathan Sherman concentratthe Revolutionary War, but ed on Long Island. Board memLong Island, for example, ber Koorosh Leibowitz develBrooklyn, Manhattan, this area oped a section examining Glen became very important,” said
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Rabbi Irwin Huberman, who died on Aug. 1, right, played guitar alongside cantor Gustavo Gitlin during a performance at Congregation Tifereth Israel.
Rabbi Irwin Huberman, 73, of Congregation Tifereth Israel, dies
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Emily Plassmann-Yaniv, a former Glenwood Landing resident, wasn’t Jewish when she became pregnant with her first child in 2020, but she knew she wanted Judaism to be part of the family she was beginning. Raised Christian, Plassmann-Yaniv had developed an appreciation for Jewish traditions, and wanted to convert before giving birth so her children could grow up with the traditions that were important to their father, Eytan Yaniv. Unmarried and navigating the conversion process during the coronavirus pandemic, she turned to Cantor Gustavo Gitlin, whom she had met years earlier at an event at Sea Cliff Beach with Con-
gregation Tifereth Israel, in Glen Cove. Gitlin explained her situation to Rabbi Irwin Huberman, who agreed to guide her through the conversion. Over the next several months, Huberman met one on one with Plassmann-Yaniv, working with her on prayers, readings and her connection to Judaism. She recalled that he never judged the circumstances that brought her to him, and made sure that conversion remained something she wanted for herself. “He made it very comfortable,” Plassmann-Yaniv said. “He was supportive that I chose to do this while I’m pregnant.” By December 2020, she had converted. When she struggled to find a court date to marry Yaniv before their daughter was CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
e can maybe look at these photos, relate to them and see familar faces.
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