Eastern Long Island is a study in contrasts. It’s got acres of farms, punctuated by mom-and-pop stores. But it’s also home to the Hamptons, where New York’s elite summers. After a day on the stump in early October, Perry Gershon’s campaign for the area’s congressional seat was working that Hamptons glitz with Alec Baldwin, who…
Some of Adolf Hitler’s last surviving relatives have been living a quiet, normal existence on Long Island — and are not in favor of the president, according to the New York Post. Germany’s Bild newspaper recently paid a visit to Hitler’s great-nephews: Alexander, Louis and Brian Stuart-Houston. They’re the sons of his nephew, William Patrick…
(JTA) — A married couple from New York were killed when their small plane crashed near Boston. Dr. Michael Graver, 65, and his wife Jodi Cohen, 52, of Long Island, were killed on Saturday morning when the plane crashed into the woods in Woburn, Massachusetts. The plane crashed about seven miles from the airport and…
About 100 people filled the orange multi-purpose room in the back of a Jewish Community Center in the Five Towns area of Long Island last Monday evening. Men in kippot chatted with women wearing colorful tichels, or head scarves, exchanging thoughts on Israeli news and local politics. The event organizers asked people walking in the…
Taking the stage at the Zionist Organization of America gala, Rep. Lee Zeldin sounded thrilled to introduce the keynote speaker: Steve Bannon. He showered praise on the head of Breitbart News for standing up for Israel against the Palestinians, concluding with a decisive statement that Bannon, accused of turning Breitbart into a platform for the…
Dr. Isma Chaudhry and Habeeb Ahmed, President and Vice President of the Islamic Center of Long Island, noshed on the many mini plates being served at the first Kosher Taste of Long Island this week. Chaudhry and Ahmed expressed enthusiasm for this event sharing that “We are family and belong to one community. We wouldn’t…
(JTA) — A Long Island, New York bishop visited a local Holocaust memorial center in the wake of several anti-Semitic hate attacks in the area. Bishop John Barres, the head of the Diocese of Rockville Center since January, on Tuesday visited the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County in Glen Cove, New York….
(JTA) — Swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti were found spray-painted on a Long Island, New York, high school. The walls, doors and windows in the back of Syosset High were vandalized between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Sunday, Nassau Police told the local media. In addition to the anti-Semitic graffiti, “MS13” was painted on the…
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