We have witnessed a spike in racial and ethnic discrimination recently. Xenophobia, anti-Semitism and racism are all more prominent than ever. When turning on television news shows, we’ve seen … more

The bullets flew and the mortars whistled before choking off into explosions. But what David Marshall remembers most about the Battle of the Bulge was the cold. “For those six weeks, I … more

Exhibits and more... Enduring ImagesAn exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual … more

The story of Stanley Shubin, a World War II veteran who lived in East Meadow for four decades, is one of love and loyalty, and devotion to family. Shubin, who now lives in Florida, celebrated his 94th birthday on Aug. 25. more

Ruth Mermelstein, 84, has been a member of the East Meadow Jewish Center since she moved to the hamlet in 1955. She and her husband, Sidney Mermelstein, moved to North Bellmore 13 years later, where they raised two children, and have lived there ever since. more

April 27 marked Holocaust Remembrance Day in the U.S., as synagogues across the country held services honoring the six million Jews who were killed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime during World War II. The East Meadow Jewish Center hosted its own Yom HaShoah service last Sunday. The synagogue has a number of Holocaust survivors, including Alex Konstantyn, who spent years as a refugee in his own country with his family, roaming the Polish countryside while evading Nazi persecution, and Ruth Mermelstein, a native Romanian who spent time in several concentration camps, including Auschwitz. more

Jeffrey Rosenking never leaves home without a brochure. Wherever he is, if he spots an elderly man or woman in military garb, Rosenking will introduce himself and hand them a pamphlet for Honor Flight Long Island, an organization for which he has volunteered since 2010, which sends World War II veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., free of charge. more

Two weeks ago was the 68th anniversary of the American attack on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. more

The American flag exists at the periphery of most our lives. It takes on significance mainly at events kicked off by the playing of the national anthem, at parades and during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankees games. more

I plugged a simple search term into Google last week: “Were Afghanistan and Iraq worth it?” Tens of thousands of entries popped up. more