Posted on 12/20/2007 10:26:49 AM PST by Gene Eric
ANN ARBOR, MI — Persistence paid off for Frances Burke, a senior resident of Bayside, New York. For many years, the Bayside Hills Civic Association refused Burke’s request to include a nativity display in its annual holiday celebration which included a menorah and tree lighting ceremony at the public park.
This year, however, Burke teamed up with the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which seeks to restore public acknowledgment of the religious significance of Christmas. As a result, for the first time in its history, the Bayside Hills Civic Association prominently displayed a nativity scene as part of its holiday celebration.
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This is wonderful news! I used to reside in Bayside.
Curious. Are there lots on Jews in the area.
Curious. Are there lots on Jews in the area.
did you ever meet veronica leuken over there?
You grew up in Bayside, NYer? I grew up in Douglas Manor.
Regards,
Yes, Bayside has a large Jewish community and no, I never met veronica leuken. That story always bothered me.
You grew up in Bayside, NYer? I grew up in Douglas Manor.
Actually, I spent the first 8 years of my childhood in Cambria Heights. We then moved to Kew Gardens for a few years where I attended Our Lady of the Cenacle in Richmond Hill. Two years later, we moved to Oceanside LI. I attended Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead. Then 7 years later, my family moved to Douglaston. My grandmother lived in Bayside and after all of the above moves, I did rent an apartment in Bayside for a few years just prior to moving to Huntington. What a small world!
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