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Friday, March 29, 2019
Vol. 7, No. 13
HEALTH & WELLNESS
LOCAL CLERICS UNITE SUOZZI, KING PRESENT POST-TERROR ATTACK IMMIGRATION COMPROMISE
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Sid Jacobson JCC food bank nears opening
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Will support North Shore populations, offer in-house internship positions BY T E R I W EST The Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is expanding its food collection efforts into an inhouse food bank, set to officially open April 7. The food bank, located in a new space for the JCC that neighbors its main building in East Hills, will stock supplies for in-need populations on the North Shore and provide an internship opportunity for participants in the JCC’s vocational training program for young people with developmental disabilities. It is one of three sites benefiting from an ongoing Sid Jacobson JCC capital campaign with a $12 million goal. “It’s not a new initiative for us in terms of being involved in poverty and hunger and food insecurity,” said Susan Berman, director of the JCC’s Center for Community Engagement. “What opening a food bank will do for us is give
us the space to really see it to fruition.” The Center for Community Engagement launched in the fall of 2017, organizing Sid Jacobson JCC’s social justice efforts and volunteer efforts. It is both an educational resource and an intermediary to connect community members to opportunities to give back. The monthly donation drives are among its ongoing efforts. The JCC has existing partnerships with local organizations that distribute food. The donations are deliberate, Berman said, because the organizations specify in-demand items that the community should contribute. Having a food bank will take the JCC’s involvement further by maintaining an ongoing stock and distribution effort. “Opening a food bank has always been our vision,” Berman said. Continued on Page 73
PHOTO COURTESY OF SID JACOBSON JCC
Members of the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center’s Early Childhood program dressed in costumes last week to celebrate the holiday of Purim.
Terry conviction upheld by U.S. appeals court BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
Friday, meaning his conviction for tax evasion stands. Terry has been in a lowA U.S. Appeals Court panel security federal correctional denied an appeal from former institution at Fort Dix in New North Hempstead Democratic Jersey, and has an expected reParty head Gerard Terry last lease date of Dec. 23, 2020, ac-
cording to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. A representative at Fort Dix could not be reached to confirm the release date or when Terry first reported to federal prison. Continued on Page 73
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