IN THE NEWS---NJ SCHOOLS BLOCKED FROM NOTIFYING PARENTS OF CHANGED GENDER IDENTITY

NJ schools blocked from notifying parents of changed gender identity----New Jersey mother of four Jeani Isaken asks ‘where does the line get drawn?’ over reporting on gender-related issues in school on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’  More at NJ schools blocked from notifying parents of changed gender identity (msn.com)

US TOWN DEMANDS 6 MONTHS NOTICE OF RABBI'S FUNERAL

The town of Chestnut Ridge in the United States made an unusual demand of a hasidic court.

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The Rebbe of Rachmastrivka, known as the "Eldest of the Rebbes," Rabbi Chai Yitzhak Twersky, passed away last week and was laid to rest in a mass funeral that halted traffic, apparently disturbing the leaders of the town of Chestnut Ridge, located on the road south of Monsey that leads to the large hassidic Har Shalom Cemetery in which the Rebbe was buried.

The funeral service took place, in Boro Park, Brooklyn where the Rebbe's synagogue and court is located, with burial at the Har Shalom cemetery in Airmont, Rockland County.

Alak Shah, the lawyer representing the town, sent a letter to the cemetery's management in which he wrote: "Our Office is Special Counsel to the Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York ("Chestnut Ridge"). We write to advise you of an unacceptable situation in Chestnut Ridge on August 16, 2023, which was the direct result of Har Shalom Cemetery's failures."

...."Due to the foregoing failures of Har Shalom, hundreds of Chestnut Ridge residents were unable to return to their own homes or make their appointments for hours because major thoroughfares and arteries in Chestnut Ridge were closed due to the Grand Rabbi's funeral on August 16, 2023. Moreover, the funeral was over by 9:00p.m. yet critical roads stayed closed until nearly midnight. . MORE AT US town demands 6 months notice of rabbi's funeral | ערוץ 7 (israelnationalnews.com)

SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY BOAT FLOTILLA (AND HISTORY TALK)

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SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 125th ANNIVERSARY BOAT FLOTILLA (and History Talk) by village historian Marc Cheshire)---click on the images. (All rights reserved.)

48 BOATERS! Lunch catered by Cole's

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8/28 ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH SOLEMN HIGH LATIN MASS

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ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH solemn high Latin Mass

Patronal Feast of St. Augustine

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381 N. HIGHLAND AVENUE

7 P.M.
SOLEMN HIGH LATIN MASS

Monday, August 28th 2023
7:00 pm

The Patronal Feast of

St. Augustine Church

Please join us for a very special mass event with
Rev. Fr. Michael Connolly
Rev. Fr. Seán Connolly
Rev. Fr. John Figueroa

EDUCATION ISSUES IN THE NEWS---AS STUDENT SCORES PLUMMET, TEACHERS UNIONS......POLITICS....AND MORE

Opinion by Washington Examiner•4h-----As student scores plummet, teachers unions play politics and make them worse© Provided by Washington Examiner

After another summer of radical activity from the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, Congress should revoke the unique federal charter of the former, and federal agencies should ensure both groups comply fully with labor laws.

Both unions long ago abandoned their proper missions, namely ensuring reasonable working conditions for school staff. Both now are avatars of the extreme Left, focused less on educational attainment than on partisan political activism and radical social crusades.

Witness the major summer conferences of each organization this year. As highlighted in a new report by the Defense of Freedom Institute, the teachers unions keep pushing contentious racial and gender agendas, try to conceal what they are really doing, seek to block parental involvement in education, and push disciplinary laxity at the cost of classroom safety. The Aug. 16 report, called “Summer of Woke, the Sequel,” details a litany of the unions’ conference obsessions that militate against the interests and views of large majorities of parents. The NEA openly advocates violations of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act by advocating hiring preferences based on race and gender while literally opposing “employment practices that treat people equally regardless of ethnicity or gender.” MORE AT As student scores plummet, teachers unions play politics and make them worse (msn.com)

VINTAGE CROTON CHEERLEADING!

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With the news that the 2023 Croton Harmon Cheer schedule is out!---click here---we have had a request for some vintage Croton Cheerleading links---click on the photo for 1962---see more below:

--2016, PHOTOS, CROTON CHEER COMPETITION 2ND DAY; photos courtesy of Coach Stacy Vlad and more--click here

--A BLAST FROM CHEERLEADING PAST; assorted years!  See more here

--2014 CONGRATULATIONS CROTON CHEER; MORE HERE