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Show of Shows Jay Schneiderman’s show of shows was held on Wednesday, December 27, during the special Southampton Town Board meeting, regarding the Liberty Gardens project [“Liberty Garden Developers Present Final Environmental Report to Southampton

Ken Dorph loved his job playing Santa in Sag Harbor, New York. He writes about being fired after making statements criticizing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

When Biden faulted Israel for “indiscriminate bombing,” Netanyahu bridled, the president says. “Well, you carpet-bombed Germany. You dropped the atom bomb. A lot of civilians died.”

Kids Count Director Norin Dollard, Heather Haywood's fate, firing Santa and James Bennett on the state of the New York Times.

Ken Dorph had grown out his white beard, but a tense discussion of the Israel-Hamas war at a local synagogue led to complaints that cost him the gig.

A Middle East expert and longtime resident was axed from his position as his small, Long Island community’s Santa Claus this year after he blasted representatives of a Jewish organization for spreading “propaganda” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Alternate Plan The public deserves to see an alternate option for the Pond Lane park project proposed by the Lake Agawam Conservancy prior to any final decision being made by the village trustees. The Concerned Citizens of the Village of Southampton

Ken Dorph, a Sag Harbor resident and expert on the Arab World, says that perhaps the group most unfairly demonized by American media and leaders are the Arabs.

Readers react to an essay about how the maternal instinct is a myth. Also: A third-party alternative; the work environment; new baseball rules; billionaires.