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Friday, June 25, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 26
KAPLAN RECEIVES HATE MAIL
RYDER REJECTS CALLS TO STEP DOWN
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Jack Weinstein remembered at Temple Emanuel
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Late U.S. judge had ‘unrelenting confidence in his beliefs’: rabbi BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z AND SAMUELE PETRUCCELLI Jack Weinstein, a prominent federal judge and longtime Great Neck resident, was honored as a strong proponent of justice and fairness at a private memorial service last Friday. Once the nation’s longest-serving federal judge, Weinstein was appointed to the federal bench in 1967 and went on to become chief judge of the Eastern District of New York before his retirement in February 2020. He died on June 15 at 99. A naval veteran of World War II, Weinstein worked on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund with Thurgood Marshall, who would later become the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice, to litigate Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the landmark 1954 case made racial segregation in public schools un-
constitutional. Weinstein was a longtime honorary trustee at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, where the memorial service was held. Senior Rabbi Robert Widom delivered a eulogy, telling stories of Weinstein’s faith that guided him as a judge. “Jack was famously vehement about the importance of being able to exercise judicial discretion as opposed to mandatory sentencing,” Widom said. “He combined a deep humility, as I saw him, with a fierce, unrelenting confidence in his beliefs.” Widom recalled Weinstein’s requests to be treated as a regular guy, citing his frequent seating position in the back row of the temple. He recalled conversing with Weinstein on biblical instructions to “love thy neighbor” and its accompanying caveats. “He [Weinstein] said we may not be able to control our feelings, but justice requires we control Continued on Page 34
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREAT NECK SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
South Middle Schoolers participated in an eighth-grade Fun Day last week which included a variety of athletics, sweet treats, and a movie.
Great Neck community fills COVID time capsule BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
son plans to flash drives of online musicals to commemorate the coronavirus pandemic on Members of the Great Neck Thursday. Among those in attendance community gathered to fill a time capsule with a variety of were Town of North Hempitems ranging from virtual les- stead Councilwoman Veronica
Lurvey, Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg, Great Neck Board of Education members Barbara Berkowitz, Donna Peirez and Rebecca Sassouni, Temple Israel Rabbi Daniel Continued on Page 5
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