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The ICARE Foundation of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway has been awarded a $38,000 grant from the Amazin’ Mets Foundation. The foundation, whose name pays homage to the … more

6/14/23

In Decmeber 2016, The Jewish Star trumpeted the appointment of David Friedman of Woodsburgh as US ambassador to Israel.

Loyalist Friedman sticks with Don as US arraigns MAGA president

Just a few hours before former President Donald Trump was arraigned in Miami on Tuesday, former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a resident of Long Island’s Five Towns area, took to … more

The Jewish Star | 6/14/23

Pictured top center: Gov. Kathy Hochul, presenting Met Council’s Community Leadership Award to UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric Goldstein (flanked by Met Council CEO David Greenfield), and Mayor Eric Adams. To their right: Senate Speaker Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Along the line of march — at far left, Lara Krinsky (director of content and production for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces) pauses for a selfie with Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan; at center, students from the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park prepare to step off; and, at right, happy flag-holders from the Brandeis Hebrew Academy in Lawrence display their blue-and-whites.

NY’s pols and people cheer the Jewish State of Israel

It was the happiest of birthday parties — the 75th diamond jubilee for the modern state of Israel, the Jewish national homeland whose Jewish roots go back more than 3,000 years. Sunday’s … more

The JEWISH STAR | 6/7/23

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman opens the first meeting of the county’s Anti-Semitism Task Force, flanked by its chairman, Rabbi Eli Weinstock of Atlantic Beach Jewish Center.

Students tell Nassau panel: Antisemitism’s in the house

Since she was a five-year-old on her school’s playground, Sofie Glassman has been encountering antisemitism. “A girl told me I wasn’t allowed to play with her because I was … more

Reported by Hernesto Galdamez, LI Herald | 5/18/23

Rep. George Santos walks out of the courthouse in Central Islip on Wednesday after pleading not guilty to multiple federal charges including wire fraud and money laundering.

George Santos charged with wire fraud, money laundering

Rep. George Santos was arrested this morning, turning himself in on a 13-count indictment accusing him of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making materially false … more

By LI Herald Staff | 5/10/23

A student in Chavatzelet Graber’s CAHAL kindergarten class at HANC wears a special birthday hat as he puts a note into the “Kotel.”

Party’s just getting started forIsrael’s diamond anniversary

A two-day celebration is hardly enough when cheering the 75th anniversary of the modern Jewish state. While there were blowout affairs last Wednesday (on 5 Iyar, Israel’s Hebrew-calendar … more

5/3/23

Pictured from left, with family members: Sheila Troyetsky, Felicia Kaufman and Regina Goodman. Frida Parnes also lit. Tahra Mastour lit on behalf of Erna Bollag and Aviva Graf, two survivors who were unable to attend as planned, while Sharon Fogel, who co-chaired the event with Nathaniel Rogoff, told their stories.

Remember: Aging survivors mark Yom Hashoah with memories, tears and strength

Monday evening’s Greater Five Towns Community Yom Hashoah Memorial Service for the Six Million, at Beth Sholom in Lawrence, featured a keynote address by survivor Esia Friedman. The evening … more

By The Jewish Star | 4/19/23

Alexander Rapaport, executive director of Masbia, shows off some of the chickens that have been procured for Passover.

Shoppers struggle as prices continue to soar

A woman pushed her shopping cart down an aisle filled with Passover foods in a supermarket in northern New Jersey. She lifted a box of kosher-for-Passover soup mandle off the shelf and started to … more

By Faygie Holt, JNS | 3/29/23

Marion Blumenthal Lazan discussing her story to students from Woodmere Middle School

Battling hate with a Holocaust survivor’s story

Two incidents of swastikas found in the Woodmere Middle School boys’ bathroom on March 14 and 16 prompted the school to bring a visitor to speak to the sixth- and seventh-graders last week in … more

By Kepherd Daniel, Nassau Herald | 3/29/23

Harassed Jewish staffer with 170K in the Bronx

A legal-aid agency in New York City with a history of anti-Israel bias reached a settlement with a former Jewish employee, who claims that she was harassed and treated so poorly that she had to quit … more

By Faygie Holt, JNS | 3/22/23