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🌱 Patch AM: Why eight Great Neck Persian Jewish families are uprooting for Israel
Coming up on the Great Neck Patch calendar: Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set
Hello Great Neck! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why eight Great Neck Persian Jewish families are uprooting for Israel
- How often are Great Neck homes now hit by the mansion tax?
Also on today's calendar: Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Not as warm, with a high of 78 and low of 69 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid with rain, temps: high: 75, low: 69.
- Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• America 'not where we're supposed to be,' says Persian Jew (heritagefl.com) — Several Persian Jewish families from Great Neck, N.Y., are leaving their tight-knit local community to build new lives together in Ra'anana, Israel. Their story highlights Great Neck's strong, comfortable Jewish infrastructure and why, despite feeling safe and settled there, they believe their future and their children's belongs in Israel. 
• Long Island business groups push for update to state mansion tax on million-dollar home sales (newsday.com) — If you're buying in Great Neck, this story explains why so many local home sales now trigger New York's "mansion tax" and how business groups want that threshold raised. It details how rising prices in Great Neck and Garden City mean even middle-class buyers face the extra 1% tax, and outlines proposals to modernize the law.
📸 Around Great Neck
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck
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★ Featured events ★
- Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set →
Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Rd, Sands Point
6:00 pm - Jay Medal Soirée →
Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
5:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Save The Date - Charity Yard Sale - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 5th @10.am →
232-15 Seward Ave
10:00 am - School Supply Giveaway w MPact
Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
4:30 pm - 45th Annual Italian Festival →
North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Thursday September 10
📣 Great Neck Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- The Acchords →
Sousa Band Shell, 325 Main St, Port Washington
8:00 pm - yoojin away
The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030 - SAT not at NS High School
North Shore Csd Sea Cliff, NY 11579 - TENT to come down
The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030 - Tree ID 101, Section A →
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
11:00 am - The Fogarty Project →
Sousa Band Shell, 325 Main St, Port Washington
3:00 pm - SOUNDSWAP - THE JOHN FOGARTY PROJECT AT THE BANDSHELL →
Sousa Band Shell, 325 Main St, Port Washington
3:00 pm - Drop off Body of Work
The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
3:00 pm - Christopher Williams →
City Winery New York City, 25 11th Ave, New York
7:00 pm
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Sunday August 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Full Time in Manhasset. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Manhasset
- Westbury Man Identified as Chief Supplier in Penn State Fraternity Cocaine Ring (hudsonreporter.com)
- Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department remembers Erasmo Troia (dailydispatch.com)
- Manhasset school board approves pilot plan to improve bus and parent traffic (longislandpress.com)
Port Washington
- Firefighters Race To Port Washington House Fire, 4 People Forced From Home: FD (patch.com)
- Summer Day Camp fun for Port Washington Children's Center students (longislandpress.com)
Queens
- 2 Wanted For $150k Robbery Spree In Queens: What To Know (patch.com)
Ok Great Neck! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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