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H-W district introduces new superintendent By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
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Holocaust survivor Paul Gross, 87, shared his story of survival at Congregation Beth Shalom’s Yom Hashoah program on April 23.
Holocaust survivor tells his story Young voices, old memories mark Yom Hashoah By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Wearing a jacket adorned with the Star of David with the word “Jude,” meaning Jew, on it — just like the ones the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear — Cedarhurst resident Paul Gross stood in Congregation Beth Sholom and recounted his Holocaust story. “Unfortunately, not many Holocaust survivors are alive anymore,” Gross said at the April 23 Yom Hashoah program. “Therefore, I feel even more obligated to tell my story.” The program commemorated the 80 years since the beginning of the Holocaust, during which the Nazi regime murdered 13 million people, including 6 million Jews. Both the United States and Israel mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, known as Yom
Hashoah. Established in 1959, it takes place on the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, and marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year the commemoration began at sundown on April 23 and continued the following day. Gross, 87, was born on Nov. 3, 1937, in Hungary, and was 7 when the Holocaust began. He transported the audience back to Hungary in 1944 to share his story of survival. “We were not aware that the world was at war — the Germans were marching on and exterminating our brothers and sisters in Germany, Poland and other places,” Gross said. “The Germans entered Hungary in 1944, and our normal lives ended.” The Germans instituted laws forbidding Jewish people from owning businesses or Continued on PAGe 8
After nearly two decades in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district, Dina Anzalone was named its new superintendent on April 23, succeeding Ralph Marino Jr., who has held the position since 2015 and announced his retirement last July. Anzalone, the district’s current assistant superintendent for teaching, learning and technology, will start her new job on July 1. She has worked in the district for 18 years, including a nearly 13-year stint as principal of Ogden Elementary School, during which Ogden was recognized by the National Parent Teacher Association as a school of excellence in 2019 and 2021. The School Administrators Association of New York State and the National Association of Elementary School Principals nominated Anzalone for Principal of the Year in 2020. She was the district’s director of curriculum and assessment from 2007 to 2012. She has also served as treasurer of the Hewlett-Woodmere Administrators and Supervisors Association, and was a member of the District Leadership Team, the District Instructional Leader-
ship Team and several committees and task forces. Anzalone also chairs the Board of Education Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee; the District Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee; the PTA Curriculum Committee; and the Professional Development Committee. Anzalone said that she is committed to shaping the future of the district, and maintaining its excellence. “I am deeply honored and profoundly grateful for the trust the Board of Education has placed in me by offering me the position of superintendent …,” she said at the Board of Education meeting on April 23. “It is a privilege to continue serving this remarkable district — one that has been my home for 18 of my 31 years in education.” Anzalone has coordinated two superintendent conference day events, which offered more than 100 professional development courses to district staff. She also assembles a monthly video package of what district students are doing, called “Hewlett Highlights,” and shows it at board meetings. Before coming to HewlettWoodmere, Anzalone served as Continued on PAGe 12