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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Catskills Institute

The Catskills Institute: "All three winners have done beautiful jobs at giving us a glimpse of the Holocaust experience of people in the Catskills. You can read them here, on the website of the Catskills Institute or the Jewish Studies Program at Loyola Marymount University."



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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,NY. Sheepshead Bay Page

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,NY. Sheepshead Bay Page: "41. Playing hide and go seek or ring-a-liveo  dusk. 

42. Had all steel roller skates with keys. "



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "Our beautiful friend, Gail Horowitz passed away March 26, 2004.  She graduated in 1970.  Gail, you will be in our hearts forever.
  Mara Lawrence maralawrence@hotmail.com"



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Team Alisha

Team Alisha: " have heard people say in the past that in times of despair you find an inner strength to carry on and do whats necessary. Thats something that I have unfortunately had to find out for myself, and I have found it to be very true.
The past week and a half has been a blur, Gillian and myself have been running on auto pilot, just doing whats necessary.
The first few days after diagnosis were the most difficult ever, and that broken feeling may take a while to mend."



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "Linda Merschen and Frank Merschen were my first cousins by marriage.
Linda Merschen (class of 1971) died in 1996. Her brother, Frank Merschen (class of 1966 or 1967) died in 1997.
Larry Erlichman - E-Mail: lerlichman@royalaa.com"



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Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay Memories, Lost Loved Ones From Sheepshead Bay: "He was so happy to have been able to go to Florida for the Sheepshead Bay 60's reunion just a few weeks before he died.
It is like he held on till he was able to say good-bye to his friends that he had not seen for 25 to 30 years.
Yogi was one of the funniest people I knew.  We did some crazy things together, at Martins, Manhattan Beach, "



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Home Page

Home Page: "Educate These Children's was founded on the belief that all children deserve an education.  
The mission of Educate These Children is to provide financial assistance to educate the poor, distressed, or underprivileged children in the world.   
We pursue this mission by holding fund raising events and soliciting donations from the general public."



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Monday, March 24, 2014

Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day

Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day: "Poe is best known for his tales of the macabre and his gothic poetry. He had success in his own lifetime and today his work continues to be immensely popular with audiences all over the world, even featuring in television shows and films. Some of his most famous works include The Raven and A Dream Within a Dream."



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Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day

Celebrating top poets on World Poetry Day: " the most famous English poets and playwright the world has ever known and is seen as the greatest writer in the English language. Shakespeare wrote hundreds of poems, including his vastly popular 154 sonnets as well as some long narrative poems. Today, you would be hard pressed to find a language that Shakespeare’s work hasn’t been translated into."



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