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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge last Saturday over Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that have reportedly killed more than 212 people there. The latest conflict between Israel and Palestinians is said to have broken out after an Israeli police raid on the al-Aqsa Mosque last week.

Middle East violence invokes calls for peace

As a young boy, Charles Moerdler remembers the bombs Nazis dropped night after night on London during their World War II blitzkrieg. Now, well into his 80s, he never thought he’d have to experience such terror again. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 5/21/21

Raphy Jacobson’s senior year at the High School of American Studies isn’t shaping up the way he expected thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. He and his classmates will return to the building next week. But at this point, Jacobson has his sights set on college.

Year after closing, public schools reopen for all

It’s a gruesome anniversary. One year ago, New York City was overcome by the coronavirus pandemic. And the public school system — once infamous for never closing — was no exception as 1.1 million students took their lessons home and abandoned physical campuses. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 3/21/21

Public schools experienced a ‘phased-in’ reopening process in late September and early October. But come November, the buildings shuttered once again after the city’s weekly positive coronavirus test rate reached 3 percent.

COVID closes school buildings ... again

Not even two months into the academic year, public schools returned to square one once again, shifting back to fully remote classes across all campuses beginning last week. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 11/29/20

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