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Intolerance seems like an uncomplicated issue: Most rational people would agree it has no place in civil society. Yet it persists . . . more

10/23/14

These letters along with a swastika were spray painted on the fence of a home at the intersection of Centre Street and Oak Avenue in Cedarhurst.

Bias graffiti spray painted in Cedarhurst

A swastika and the letters ACABKTP were spray painted on the white fence of a Centre Street home in Cedarhurst between midnight and 8 a.m. on April 15, according to police. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/16/14

Anti-Semitic messages such as this one at the Long Island Rail Road station in Cedarhurst have prompted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Nassau County police to team up to try to catch the person or people who are responsible.

Battling bias in the Five Towns

The Nassau County Police Department and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have joined forces on an initiative to fight the recurring anti-Semitic graffiti found at two Long Island Rail Road train stations in the Five Towns. more

By Vanessa Parker | 2/5/14

Insults, old as the ages, scrawled on walls

Are we seeing things or are we seeing something? Police are looking for the person or persons who wrote anti-Semitic epithets . . . more

1/31/14

Nassau County and Crime Stoppers asking the public's help to find the per or people responsible for the bias graffiti at Five Towns Long Island Rail Road stations, including these words in Cedarhurst.

Five Towns Crime Watch

Lawrence resident Daniel Greenberg, 40, was convicted in federal court on Jan. 24 for defrauding thousands of customers through his Hempstead-based online discount clothing and personal items business. more

1/29/14

Bias graffiti incidents have increased threefold at Five Towns train stations this year compared with 2012. Above, a swastika was discovered etched on a plastic panel of a passenger shelter at the Cedarhurst station on Oct. 30.

‘Chronic disease’ spawns vile messages

In the first 10 months of this year there were three times as many bias graffiti incidents at Five Towns Long Island Rail Road train stations as there were in all of 2012, according to statistics provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/20/13

Lawrence High School students learned a lesson in tolerance from Rick Moelis, class of 1988, who also showed them his yearbook

Confronting his fears

Rick Moelis knew he was different at 15-years-old but didn’t know how to tell anyone. more

By Ann Friedman | 10/23/13

Is it too late to give Texas back to Mexico?

It’s not that I have anything against Mexico; love the country; love the people. It’s just that I would like to edge the state of Texas over the border and out of America. more

Randi Kreiss | 6/14/10

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