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Honoring a WWII veteran, U.S. Navy hero Glick is a veteran whose time in the military allowed him to meet countless soldiers with The Jewish War Veterans Post powerful life stories. “I went into the service in 652 and the Merrick Jewish Centre recently memorialized a local 1969 — even though I wanted to hero, World War II veteran go to Vietnam, it wasn’t in the cards,” Glick said. “It ended up Ensign Lawrence D. Solowey. The ceremony at the MJC going from 1969 to ‘72, and I marked 79 years since Solowey didn’t go to Vietnam. I ended up gave his life in service to the in Germany as a chapel’s assisNavy. MJC community members tant. I was working for a chapel wore traditional rabbi, the priests tefillin and tallit, and everything else.” participated in Glick takes pride prayers led by Rabbi in the camaraderie Josh Dorsch, and lisin Post 652, and the tened to speakers veteran community, from the JWV Post which makes proj652 who told Solowects like this possiey’s story and the GARy Glick ble. stressed the signifi- Commander Jewish “The army cance of remember- War Veteran Post 652 changed me so much ing the veterans in when I was in our community. there,” Glick said. Gary Glick has been the com- “As a veteran of the service, mander of JWV Post 652 for you’re taught to work as a team almost 15 years. The post encom- and in the army, with any range passes Bellmore, Merrick, East of people, most of the guys that Meadow, Wantagh, Seaford, and come out of it would say the surrounding communities. The same thing: all bleed red. That is post’s formal name is Ensign the truth.” Lawrence D. Solowey Post 652. After his time in the army, The resurgence of Solowey’s Glick focused on helping fellow story started when Glick began veterans through Post 652. “I to collect information from com- became a commander to help munity members about the post’s namesake. Continued on page 4
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the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School district is under investigation by the u.S. department of education resulting from a ‘shared ancestry’ complaint. above, the entrance to the Brookside School, the district’s headquarters.
‘Shared ancestry’ investigation is open in Bellmore-Merrick schools By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
According to the U.S. Department of Education, there is an open investigation of a “shared ancestry” complaint in the BellmoreMerrick Central High School District. It is one of two such investigations on Long Island, along with one in the Commack School District, in Suffolk County. Shared ancestry investigations focus on possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which requires federally funded institutions to protect students from discrimination based on race, color or national origin. The Education Department has said that includes people of Jewish faith, Muslims and other ethnic and religious groups with
shared ancestry. According to the department’s website, Ed.gov, the Bellmore-Merrick investigation was opened on Aug. 26, but there are no details about why it was initiated. Commack is being investigated because of a complaint about antisemitic and anti-Black graffiti at a district school. The website explains that civil rights laws “protect all students from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age.” The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights can investigate complaints that students were subjected to ethnic or ancestral slurs; harassed for how they look, dress or speak in ways linked to ethnicity or ancestry; or stereotyped based on Continued on page 9
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