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‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ and its impact on L.I. the deficit over the next 10 years. Over 1,200 pages long, the bill As Americans across the is certainly big. What is curcountry fired up their grills and rently unclear is what direct celebrated Independence Day, a impact it will have on residents different celebration took place of Long Island’s North Shore. Republican elected on the South Lawn officials Legislator at the White House. Samantha Goetz, President Donald State Senator Jack Trump signed into Martins, and Naslaw a massive tax sau County Execuand spending packtive Bruce Blakeage on July 4. The man did not legislation, nickrespond to an inquinamed by Trump as ry by time of press. the “One Big BeauU.S. Re p. Tom tiful Bill,” narrowly Suozzi wrote that passed the House of he supported the Representatives in a b i l l ’s i n c r e a s e d 218–214 vote, mostly funding for border along party lines. security and the The budget bill $10,000 to $40,000 extends Trump’s increase for the 2017 tax cuts, elimistate and local tax nates taxes on tips deduction, known and overtime, and as SALT, for houseallocates approxiholds earning mately $170 billion CHARLES LAVINE $500,000 or less over t o s u p p o r t t h e Assemblyman the next five years, a d m i n i s t r at i o n’s starting in 2025. He border and immigration objectives. In addition, described it as “a partial victothe federal debt ceiling will be ry,” but vowed to push for the raised by $5 trillion by the legis- full restoration of the increase, lation, with the Congressional which is set to expire in 2030. The Long Island Democrat Budget Office estimating that a potential $3.4 trillion increase to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Sunset Serenade makes grand return The Sea Cliff Civic Association’s Sunset Serenade outdoor public concert series is back for the 25th year, bringing live music, community spirit and good summer fun for the village and residents of neighboring communities. Story, more photos, Page 3.

A professor turned president: Blitz takes helm at Tiferith Israel By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

When Michael Blitz was 12, he pulled out the Yellow Pages, searched for “Jewish-sounding names” and began cold-calling strangers. He was determined to find someone who would teach him Hebrew. “I actually chose to get bar mitzvahed on my own,” Blitz, who’s now 67, recalled. “Some of my friends had been bar mitzvahed. I was impressed by the service part of it, the religious part of it.” He found Frieda Katz, a tutor in Nassau County, and showed up in her kitchen with $35 in savings from his job picking berries at a farm stand.

“I said, ‘How many lessons will this buy me?’” he recounted. “She looked at the money and she looked at me, and she said, ‘All of them.’” Though he didn’t grow up in a religious household, Blitz’s Jewish identity has been a continuous thread in his life, strengthened by personal study and reflection. His mother had little knowledge of Judaism, and his father was an avowed atheist. Still, Blitz took it upon himself to explore Jewish texts, language and history, first as a boy, then later as an adult. That self-directed learning, he explained, became a form of healing. “For some reason, getting prepared for bar mitzvah felt like it was part CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

here’s always something relatively good in every disgusting piece of legislation ... just like it’s not worth eating the soup that had the dead rat in it.