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Friday, January 17, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 3
GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
EWSD STUDENTS COUNTY RECOVERS MONEY RACE ROBOTS TAKEN IN CYBERATTACK
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Opposing anti-Semitism More than 2,500 elected officials, religious leaders, community members in Mineola march BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z
PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN
Local and state officials marched alongside more than 2,500 Long Island residents against the recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York. See more photos on page 20.
More than 150 elected officials and 2,500 Long Island residents marched to take a stand against anti-Semitism on Sunday. “We organized this march to send a clear message in one voice: Long Islanders of all faiths and backgrounds stand united with our Jewish community and against anti-Semitism,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. “We are all together as human beings to say, there is no room for hate here on our beautiful island.” Many interfaith leaders and community activists took part in the march, which began at the intersection of County Seat Drive and 11th Street in Mineola. Along with Curran, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone helped organize the event. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, state Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), Assemblyman Chuck Lavine (D-Glen Cove), and U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove), Kathleen Rice (D-Garden
City) and Peter King (R-Seaford) participated. Schumer tweeted, “We must work together to stand up to anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred. I am so proud to stand with everyone at the Long Island March Against Anti-Semitism.” Representatives and members of 12 Chabad institutions, 12 churches, nine temples and seven synagogues attended the march along with hundreds of other Long Islanders. They marched down County Seat Drive and ended up at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building on Franklin Avenue. The event was one of the initial actions taken by the islandwide task force that was established in December as a result of anti-Semitic attacks against the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. Graffiti outside the center depicted one swastika spray-painted in red on a tree, and another on a rock accompanied by the name “Tommy.” Two weeks later, 37-year-old Continued on Page 60
Diocese calls for Catholic education reform BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
has begun an effort to revitalize education and strengthen scholarship funds in Roman Catholic Facing declining enrollment, elementary schools on Long Isthe Diocese of Rockville Centre land.
Bishop John Barres announced on Friday that the diocese will partner with the Marianists to complete a comprehensive review of education in 39 elementary schools the diocese oversees. The project will be known as the Morning Star Initiative. Barres, who called the situation “critical,” said en-
rollment had fallen to just over 11,000 from 25,000 in 1999. The diocese has been forced to close 14 schools since the beginning of the century. “The core of this initiative is to foster the educational and spiritual development of our students,” Barres said. “We owe it to our parents, families, teachers, parishes, alumni and communi-
ties to provide a robust, evangelizing Catholic education for Long Island children.” The Marianist Brothers have been involved in Catholic education for 200 years. On Long Island they have operated Chaminade High School, Kellenberg Memorial High School, the Brother Joseph C. Fox Latin Continued on Page 61
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