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She’s seen more history than most people have ever even read, survived the horrors of the Holocaust and made a life for herself, and eventually her family in New York City. more
Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas recounted a story of a 17-year-old girl who defaced a building with a swastika, and after being educated on what the swastika symbolizes wrote a letter to the judge adjudicating her case. more
When I met Nelson Melgar, the only thing we thought united us was a shared concern for our community. We met by chance at an event at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County . . . more
Bernie Igielski and Rachel Gleitman, members of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC in Cedarhurst, were once again the guest speakers at the Floral Park/Bellrose School District’s Tolerance Day, an event both Five Towns residents have attended all 10 years its been held. more
Sophie Riegel, a 10th-grader at Hewlett High School and Hewlett resident, was given the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s Friedlander Upstander Award for standing up to bullying or intolerance. more
Filled with rigorous Advanced Placement exam preparation, off-campus fairs and activities, special events, and guest speakers, these past few weeks have been livelier than ever at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School. more
As I write this, I am setting sail from Hong Kong, on the South China Sea, north toward the Taiwan Strait, although who can say for sure? more
In honor of Holocaust victims, Sruli Fruchter, a junior at Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys in Woodmere, and several other students produced “In Living Memory,” a journal that included articles recounting the stories of relatives and other tales. more
Seventy-two years ago to the date that Marion Blumenthal’s family — her father Walter; her mother, Ruth; and Marion and her brother, Albert — were liberated from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, the Hewlett resident, now Marion Lazan, will be the keynote speaker at a Five Towns Holocaust Remembrance Day event. more
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a panel discussion was held and a photo exhibition entitled: “The Jewish Refugee Camps in Cyprus: 1945-1948” is on display at Temple Israel of Lawrence. more
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