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QUEENS WEEKLY, DECEMBER 8, 2019
Breezy Point resort fi ghts anti-Semitism
BY BILL PARRY
The Simon Wiesenthal Center
sent representatives to meet
with the National Park Service
and Ortega National Parks to announce
a critical partnership to
combat anti-Semitism and hate
in response to the Labor Day hate
crime at the Silver Gull Beach
Club in Breezy Point.
In September, authorities
found Holocaust-related graffiti
like swastikas and “gas chamber”
references at the resort’s
playground, which they closed
during the last week of the beach
season.
The three organizations unveiled
their jointly developed
plan that can serve as a model
program for a no-tolerance policy
towards such displays of hatred
at NPS/Ortega parks and in other
jurisdictions.
“We hope this plan serves as a
national model and springboard
for other community spaces
around the country to proactively
enforce a no-tolerance policy
toward any incidents of anti-Semitism
and hatred,” Simon Wiesenthal
Center Associate Dean and
Advocacy Director Rabbi Abraham
Cooper said. “There is no
room for this kind of bigotry in
our parks, or anywhere.”
The organizations agreed
to send an annual delegation to
the Simon Wiesenthal Museum
of Tolerance in Los Angeles to
engage in a multi-day training
course to increase preparedness
for seasonal employees on the
areas of diversity, cultural sensitivity,
and proper training for
combating hate in their facilities
and properties.
“We look forward to working
with Ortega National Parks and
the Simon Wiesenthal Center to
ensure that we are providing a
safe, welcoming, and inclusive
environment for all visitors,”
Gateway National Recreation
Area Superintendent Jen Nersesian
said. “Gateway is a national
park, here for all people. Hate
has no place at our sites and runs
counter to the values for which
we stand.”
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s
Courage to Remember exhibit
will be displayed during
the opening weeks of the 2020
season at Silver Gull Beach Club
and Breezy Point Surf Club. This
exhibit shows the timeline of
the Holocaust and demonstrates
the underpinnings through the
growth of unchecked hate.
“The fact these images were
discovered means that there is
a systematic attempt to intimidate
this community,” Assemblywoman
Stacey Pheffer Amato
said. “We must continue to demonstrate
that our love and commitment
is stronger than any attempt
to instill fear and promote
hate. I look forward to standing
with all of these organizations
against bigotry and intolerance.”
The organizations will also
hold a series of town hall meeting
for all Silver Gull members. More
than 130 attended the first meeting
on Nov. 25 at the beach club.
“I am pleased to see the investigation
into the horrific hate
symbols and words that were
found in and around the Gateway
National Recreation Area
in Rockaway is ongoing and that
collaborative efforts are underway
to address the need to reduce
these types of criminal activity,”
State Senator Joseph Addabbo,
Jr. said. “Usually, there is minimal
follow upon incidents such
as this, so it’s refreshing to hear
updates about this situation. I
would also like to thank all those
involved in the educational campaign
aimed at raising awareness
about hate speech and hate symbols
that came out of this terrible
incident. Educating the youth
and others that these words and
symbols means we can go a long
way in rooting out hate in our
communities.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry by
e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–4538.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center sent representatives to a town hall at the
Silver Gull Beach Club three months after anti-Semitic words and symbols
were discovered. Courtesy of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
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