“We live in a zman [time] of great choshech [darkness],” Rabbi Yankel Horowitz told a parking lot full of Lag B’Omer celebrants outside the White Shul on motzei Shabbat. Then he ignited a bonfire that lit the Far Rockaway night. more

Jewish Long Islanders were in a decidedly celebratory mood over Lag B’Omer, which began Saturday night and continued late into Sunday. more

More than 1,000 attendees from along the east coast are expected to attend an all-encompassing full day conference on the Shoah at Hofstra University. The June 8 event, entitled “Generations,” will feature speakers, films, workshops, panel discussions and reunion rooms. more

Five Towners mobilized on Sunday to step up the fight to preserve and develop the 3,000-year-old Jerusalem cemetery on Har Hazeitim, the Mount of Olives. Community leaders and rabbis spoke at the Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst, joining a call to action sounded by a Brooklyn marketing executive and his brother. more

From the Village of Cedarhurst: Dear Residents, According to The National Weather Service a Flash Flood Watch will be in effect this evening, Friday, May 16th, … more

Yom HaZikaron: a day of solemn contemplation and reflection, a day of mourning for Chayalei Tzahal who gave their lives in defense of our Holy Land and for victims of terror who died al kiddush Hashem. In the Shulamith Middle Division, the annual Yom HaZikaron commemoration began with a brief introduction by eighth grade student coordinators, Shoshana Farber and Michal Haas. more

Students at YU’s Stern College raised $32,000 by using social media to help Sara Bezaley of Great Neck who suffered terrible complications after contracting swine flu at age 7. more

The weather could not have been more perfect for HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center’s pre Lag B’Omer trip to Green Meadows Farm. more