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Legoland Water Park reopens DUBAI, 7 days ago Legoland Water Park has announced the re-opening of its gates to the public from April 1 – welcoming families with children aged 2-12 to swim, play and build memories together.    Opening during the Spring break holidays, the water park will make for the perfect family day trip adventure Thursday to Saturdays, with a limited time bonus of free access to Legoland Dubai theme park after 5:00 pm for Water Park ticket holders.   Families can once again enjoy the water park’s key attractions including Build-A-Raft River, where families cus...

Two Jewish children from Lakewood, NJ, last Friday put on afro wigs, blackfaces, and hoodies with the words Black Lives Matter in the back; and two other Jewish kids also put on afro wigs and blackfaces, but with Dashiki robes, and went around the neighborhood spreading holiday cheer. A local woman said she took pictures of the kids and posted them on Facebook. Ocean County NAACP President Fred Rush saw them. He was offended, for the obvious reason that when a black person sees a white kid in blackface it takes him back to a period in American history when just being black could cost you your...

LAKEWOOD - A prominent member of Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish community said Monday he plans to meet with the local NAACP chapter president to discuss a controversy that erupted after several children were seen dressed in blackface and Black Lives Matter costumes during last week's Purim celebrations. Rabbi Aaron Kotler, president of Lakewood's Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest Orthodox Jewish yeshiva outside of Israel, said in an email that  he planned to arrange a meeting with Fred Rush, head of the NAACP's Lakewood chapter, later this week. Kotler also said the Lakewood Vaad, a group...

Lakewood community condemns photos of children in blackface posted to social media Updated Mar 02, 2021; Lakewood community leaders on Monday condemned photos taken in a township neighborhood showing children in blackface. The pictures spread on social media over the weekend following celebrations of the Jewish holiday Purim. Ocean County NAACP president Fred Rush said he witnessed children wearing blackface, afro wigs and “Black Lives Matter” sweatshirts on Ponderosa Drive and Pine Street while families on Friday afternoon were celebrating Purim. The holiday commemorates the saving of t...

After Lakewood children wore costumes in blackface for Purim, leaders of the NAACP and Orthodox Jewish community are looking to stop it in the future.