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Of course, we must have a summer to take up the subject of summer reading. Which reminds me of a great book about Krakatoa . . . more

6/1/23

Eva Schloss, left, a Holocaust survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank, spoke about her experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp at a lecture at Oceanside Middle School on Oct. 24. Louise Bobrow led the discussion.

Eva Schloss shares harrowing story of Auschwitz experience at Oceanside Middle School

Eva Schloss was barely 15 years old when she and her family were stuffed into a dark, windowless railroad boxcar and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. more

By Mike Smollins | 11/1/18

The Sunday Tefillin Club at the Chabad of Hewlett recited a special prayer for the safety of the world after the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27.

We are reliving pre-Hitler days’ Woodmere resident says

Shortly before 10 a.m.. on Oct. 27, Richard Bowers walked into the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and opened fire. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/1/18

Imagine dozens of Adolf Hitlers

Ira Levin imagined it in 1976. The novelist wrote “The Boys from Brazil,” fictionalizing the story of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele. In Levin’s book, which became a blockbuster movie . . . more

3/16/18

This banner flew over beaches from Nassau to Queens last July 11. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and State Assemblyman Brian Curran have proposed separate bills that would prohibit the displaying of a swastika.

Battling a symbol of hate

State Assemblyman Brian Curran (R-Lynbrook) and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) both want to thwart what has become an annual tradition of a group called the International Raelians: displaying a swastika inside a Star of David on a banner that is flown over beaches in Nassau County and Queens on July 11, which is known by some groups as International Swastika Rehabilitation Day. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/9/16

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice video-called Kosierowski’s daughter, Joann, so she could watch the POW Medal presentation on Feb. 18.

Honoring a WWII hero

Stanley Kosierowski, a 92-year-old East Meadowite, said he truly became a man when he turned 21 on April 10, 1944. Three days later, Kosierowski, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force, went on … more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/24/16

Atlantic Beach resident and Holocaust survivor Bernard Suskind wrote a book, titled “We Were Fair Game,” in both English and German.

Holocaust survivor tells his story

Bernard Suskind, a 93-year-old Atlantic Beach resident, recalls the date, Nov. 10, 1938, as though it were yesterday. It was the day his life changed forever. Bernard and his father, Alfred, were taken from their hometown of Furstenau, in northern Germany, to Buchenwald, one of the Nazi concentration camps. more

By Vanessa Parker | 9/16/15

You've got to be carefully taught

There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny. more

4/24/14

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