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Synagogue shooting seen as attack on all Great Neck, N. Shor mourn 11 killed BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Temple Israel Cantor Raphael Frieder leads a group of congregants in song at a memorial service in Great Neck.
For countless North Shore residents, a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh congregation more than 400 miles away was an attack on them all. On Saturday, a gunman stormed into the Tree of Life Synagogue, killing 11 people and wounding six others during Shabbat celebrations, making it the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The suspected gunman, Robert Bowers, 46, who was later apprehended, reportedly told one officer: “They’re committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews.”
The event has shaken many on the North Shore, which many Holocaust survivors and their descendants have called home. But it also sparked unity, with thousands of people attending memorial ceremonies to remember the fallen – yet press on. Hundreds of people recited prayers together at the cavernous Great Neck Synagogue on Monday, heads often bowed. Present at the ceremony were representatives from more than a dozen synagogues, including Temple Israel, Temple Beth-El, Shaarei Tzion, Torah Ohr, United Mashadi Jewish Community of America, Chabad of Great Continued on Page 93
Hu, Sontag, Sassouni win library races BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
Monday night after an unusually divisive and active race. The race drew high turnout Mimi Hu, Scott Sontag, for a library election: 2,147 balChelsea Sassouni and Josie Pizer lots cast on machines, plus nearly claimed victory in Great Neck Li- 200 proxy and “emergency balbrary Board of Trustee elections lots.” The voting line snaked
around the Main Library throughout the day, with some voters reporting waits between half an hour and an hour and a half – and a handful reading books. “This is unprecedented,” Great Neck Library Director Denise Corcoran said. Hu, who faced a writein challenge from Qiping Zhang, won her race 1,248 to 688 and will serve a
four-year term in what is currently" Great Neck Library Board President Robert Schaufeld’s seat. There were" 205 “under votes” – meaning a voter went for neither candidate. “I think people really cared about a lot of issues that are involved and I’m truly thankful to my friends and supporters because they worked so hard today,” Hu said, noting she was “very sur-
prised by the turnout” and “very happy with the result.” Hu also said that she is “ready to learn” new things and listen to the community because the “best ideas are always in the community.” Zhang did not immediately respond to a request for comment after the results, but posted a statement on WeChat saying she was “feeling great,” thanking her Continued on Page 83
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