The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC confirmed in an email that the organization received a bomb threat by email to its general JCC email box in the afternoon of May 154.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/15/22
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The Nassau County Police Department congregated in the parking lot of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence in an effort to bond with the community at the law enforcement agency’s their second annual Faith & Blue event.
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By Lisa Margaria
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10/14/21
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Brrrr. The weather was frigid! I’m not one for staying home but I find the iciness intolerable. I’ve decided I will hibernate here instead of my usual running around. For the 10 days from the end of December through the early days of January I’ve embarked on the unthinkable. Everything I love to do but never have time for is now being done.
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Phyllis Weinberger
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1/12/18
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According to authorities, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School in Cedarhurst had a bomb scare on Nov. 8.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/9/17
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Ever since President Trump authorized a missile attack against the Syrian air base used to attack innocent civilians and children with chemical weapons, the mainstream media have bashed him for changing his position. They’re out of their minds!
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4/21/17
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After a bomb threat called in to the Mid-Island Jewish Community Center in Plainview on Feb. 27 — the second in Nassau County this year — police announced heightened patrols around the county’s religious institutions and have launched a full investigation.
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By Ben Strack
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3/8/17
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In the wake of nationwide bomb threats to Jewish community centers last month, including one to the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside, and the evacuations of JCCs in Albany and Syracuse last week, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) sent a letter to the 4th Precinct requesting added security for the two JCCs in the 9th Senate District.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/15/17
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Fears of another terrorist attack are running high after a series of ruthless strikes in Western Europe and the United States over the past year, perpetrated with semiautomatic rifles and suicide vests.
The gravest threat to humanity, however, remains nuclear arms, according to Holocaust survivor Bernard Otterman, 79, formerly of Merrick. It has been so since World War II, he noted.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/19/16
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A Manhattan woman employed at Brach’s Supermarket in Lawrence was arrested for calling in a false bomb threat to the store on Lawrence Lane on Oct. 29, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/31/14
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On April 15, thousands gathered on Boylston Street in Boston to solemnly mark the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.
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4/24/14
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