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Community leaders and children pushed shovels into the ground on Monday to kick off construction of the new Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC) campus on the site of its Early Childhood Center and the adjoining lot.

In the aftermath of disruptive protests on college campuses across this country in which activists sought to sever all connections between American universities and Israel, the less visible but much more consequential battle is underway.

Community leaders and children pushed shovels into the ground on Monday to kick off construction on the new Hebrew Academy of Nassau County campus on the site of its Early Childhood Center and the adjoining lot.

Lisa Baer, 98, never gave up her German passport, issued when she was a child living in Frankfurt. “The passport had a big J in it. Every Jewish female had to accept Sarah as her middle name,” she said.

As schools wrap up their academic year and parents pack supplies for summer camp, early voting will take place between June 15 and 23 for a number of local offices. They may not appear consequential, but lines on the ballot such as surrogate or civil court judge provide an opportunity for voters to participate in the judicial process. Often, it is the executive and legislative branches that appear on the ballot, and judges are usually nominated by party leaders, running unopposed, and sometimes on the lines of both major parties.

The sand and dust on which Hamas terrorists ran as they massacred attendees of the Nova music festival in Israel, touching off the war in Gaza, settled on the burned wreckage of cars and bullet-riddled portable restrooms. First exhibited in Tel Aviv with the defiant message “We will dance again,” these artifacts of a crime were brought to Wall Street for an American audience.