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- ↑ Kaplan, Ron. "Eatontown natives power Israel to surprising success in softball" Archived October 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Jewish News , August 7, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007. "Eatontown native and star softball player Shyella Mayk, 28, and her sister Liati, 25, are part of the Israeli squad, which finished in a surprising fourth place at last month's European B Pool Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia."
- ↑ The painting "Pregnant Thoughts" in Columbia Hillel's Avanim "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Faculty & Staff Directory. http://www.goldaochacademy.org/page/about-us/faculty--staff-directory