![]() ![]() If a teacher was trying to work with him to get him to use his spoon or not his hand, he would hit the teacher’s hand away." "If someone else had a toy that Nikolas wanted, he would just go up and grab the toy and hit the child's hand to get the toy or the object. He pushed other kids because he "didn't know how to express himself," she said. He would sit in the corner and observe," Fischer said. She said he would fall down when he tried to run and his head and ears seemed disproportional to his body. She said while the other toddlers could ask for their water cups and use a spoon, Cruz could not. 23, 2022.Īnne Fischer, who ran the daycare center Cruz attended from about age 1, said he did not progress as fast as other children and was smaller. “She left huge footprints to follow,” Moran said.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool) Judge Elizabeth Scherer flips though baby photos of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz as they are admitted into the record during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. Moran, who became executive director of the Islip Arts Council after Barbash retired in 2008, said she was in awe of how much work Barbash put into everything she did. Gordon added that “what Robert Moses did for the growth of Long Island, Lillian did for the arts.” The seeds she planted in them will be shared with new generations.” … I keep thinking of her introducing theater to all of these young people. She was sharing something that was part of her DNA. “She had a love and boundless passion for the arts. “What she gave to Long Island can’t be measured monetarily,” said Holly Gordon, an artist and current council board member who knew Barbash for more than 30 years. In 1995, the Barbashes spent $18,000 to organize a trip for 700 juniors and seniors at Bay Shore High School to see a Broadway performance of “Having Our Say.” The response from the students was so overwhelming that the couple established the Bay Shore Schools Arts Education Fund, which in 2016 paid for 500 students to see "Hamilton" on Broadway. Woods added that when Barbash ran meetings, “she ruled with an iron fist and a velvet glove.” “She would listen to ideas and think about them. “She was very open-minded,” said Trish Woods, a former Islip Arts Council board member. She also thought beyond Classical music, expanding concerts to showcase different genres, from Big Band to country music. The concerts, with their fireworks finales, became a summer tradition for Suffolk audiences and Philharmonic musicians.īarbash was instrumental in making free concerts accessible to Long Islanders, including the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and the Bay Shore Band Shell. "She didn't let anyone intimidate her and forced everyone to take her seriously."įor 31 consecutive years, Barbash brought the New York Philharmonic to Heckscher State Park, attracting crowds exceeding 20,000. "She became a real powerhouse and basically taught herself," Cathy Barbash said. The Council's chamber music series featured world-renowned ensembles, including the Beaux Arts Trio, Juilliard String Quartet, Tashi, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Music from Marlboro. "She wanted to bring the very best and that's exactly what she did." "She didn't want to just bring amateur musicians to the public," said Susan Barbash, adding that her mother believed there was an untapped audience for Classical music on Long Island. And I always felt that she was in my corner."Īfter her children left home for college, Lillian Barbash was asked by the Town of Islip in 1976 to lead the Islip Arts Council. She was supportive of our choices at all times. "My mother was tough but fair," said Susan Barbash. "She was never a meddler or judgmental. Murray and Lillian Barbash in their Brightwaters home on Nov. 23, 1988. They raised three children: Cathy Barbash Susan Barbash, of Bay Shore, and Shepard Barbash, of West Islip. ![]() ![]() ![]() The couple, family members said, were inseparable until Maurice's death in 2013. The high school sweethearts married in 1947 and moved to Brightwaters in 1954. In the early 1940s, Maurice Barbash was introduced to Lillian by her older brother, Irving, and the couple quickly hit it off, with Maurice bringing her Chopin and Rachmaninoff recordings. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. ![]()
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