The East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center on Prospect Avenue in East Meadow completed a project Feb. 3 that not many others have taken on — an almost 40-year, word-by-word, verse-by-verse study of …
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By Mallory Wilson
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2/10/22
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As Covid-19 hospitalization rates have increased dramatically since the start of the new year, Valley Stream and neighboring communities are reeling from a virus that continues to hold a tight grip …
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By Juan Lasso
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1/20/22
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It all began one day in June of last year. An expectant mother had arrived at her nearest hospital—the Valley Stream Long Island Jewish Center—already in the painful throes of her …
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By Juan Lasso and Karina Kovac
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11/11/21
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How is my son, Jason, like a McDonald’s quarter-pounder?
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10/28/21
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The Lawrence-based chapter of a national Jewish women’s organization is celebrating its 85th anniversary of fighting for social justice and aiming to improve the quality of life for all by protecting individual rights and freedoms.
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By Lisa Margaria
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10/21/21
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Race and racism are in the news and on our minds. In response, many thoughtful commentaries have referred to W.E.B. Du Bois and James Baldwin, both of whom, in their day, wrote about the “Negro problem.”
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By Robert A. Scott
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10/21/21
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The Valley Stream Long Island Jewish hospital didn’t always have the best reputation. Arlene Macchio, a reoccurring patient at the hospital, said her husband and sister nearly talked her out of …
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By Juan Lasso
and Karina Kovac
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10/14/21
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Earlier this year, Valley Stream Long Island Jewish Hospital, a Northwell Health institution, became the first in the country to use a new imaging technology that delivers enhanced patient care and …
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By Juan Lasso
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10/4/21
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On an ordinary summer morning at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Hospital in Valley Stream, nurses and visitors can be seen wheeling their patients onto its open-air grounds, a spacious …
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By Juan Lasso
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9/16/21
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Roughly 100 people marched from North Bellmore to East Meadow last Sunday to celebrate the consolidation of the closed Temple Beth-El of Bellmore and the East Meadow Jewish Center. The 2.6 miles were …
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By Laura Lane
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9/2/21
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