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What to do when the sky is really falling
It’s summertime and the living should be easy, but we are being tossed by a tsunami of big-time bad news. more
Skelos toured one of Hamas’s tunnels with Israeli soldiers.
A journey of solidarity
New York’s governmental leaders took a quick trip to Israel last week to show that the state stands with Israel in its current conflict with Hamas. more
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Cancel the paper when you hate the story?
News coverage of the month-long battle between Israel and Hamas has triggered strong reaction among readers of some daily newspapers, particularly The New York Times. more
America is suffering from a lack of leadership
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright gave a concise summary of recent international events: “To put it mildly, the world is a mess." more
Kudos to former Mayor Bloomberg, who's right on Israel
On July 22, the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. flights to and from Israel due to security concerns after a rocket fell near Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. more
County residents gathered outside the Nassau County Human Rights Commission building in Mineola on June 26 to condemn the kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers, who were found murdered four days later in the West Bank.
Murder of Israelis sparks local reaction
Hours after the bodies of three murdered Israeli teenagers were found in the West Bank last week, Rabbi Ronald Androphy, the spiritual leader of the East Meadow Jewish Center, sent an email to his congregants more
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They're all in a huff over the president's executive orders
Time goes by quickly. We’re well into April, and there seems to be so much to do and so little time to do it. Except when you’re Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. more
U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy accepted a plaque from Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democratic Committee chairman, during the Nassau County Democratic Committee’s annual spring dinner at the Crest Hollow Country Club on Monday.
Democrats honor McCarthy at Woodbury fundraiser
Long Island Democrats came out in force Monday night for a dinner fundraiser at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury that paid tribute to Carolyn McCarthy, of Mineola, for her 17 years representing Nassau County in Congress. The gala’s guest list included Democratic notables from the region and beyond, like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and it likely netted hundreds of thousands of dollars for the party. more
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Hadassah members Libby Biemenfeld, Susan Weiss, Marilyn Gordon, Anna Cohen and Marcia Sherman play a game of maj jongg.
Hadassah continues to grow
For the East Meadow Simcha Chapter of Hadassah, the next two months will be spent fundraising for health education, while also honoring its own members who devote much of their time towards community activism. In other words, it’s just business as usual for the local chapter. more
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URJ Kesher Group 187 overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo courtesy Kat Ames-Karvouni
How I learned to ride a camel in Israel
It didn’t hit me until I laid my head down to the pillow at the hotel on my first night in Jerusalem — following a meet-and-greet session with 40 Jews in JFK airport, a 12-hour flight plus a two-hour layover in Switzerland, and overall, a 30-hour period in which I got two hours of sleep — when I finally said to myself … “Woah, I’m in Israel.” more
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