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Give to Kentucky’s tornado victims if you can

Last Friday night and early Saturday morning, a series of powerful tornadoes ripped across Kentucky, one leaving a record-setting 227-mile-long swath of destruction. At last count, more than 70 people were confirmed dead . . . more

12/16/21

A dog’s tale: the view from inside the canine carry-on

I can’t stretch out, I can hardy breathe, but even inside this dog carrier, the air is better than the smoke out in Lake Tahoe. more

9/9/21

Building our schools back better

Summer vacation for students this year follows almost a year and a half of coronavirus shutdowns and precautions. The learning loss during school closures was significant, and unless steps are taken, the U.S. risks the education of a generation of young people. more

By Alan Singer | 7/8/21

HAFTR Highlights student columnist Jordana Mastour.

Yeshivas model how Congress works

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School hosted the annual Yeshiva League Model Congress tournament over Zoom, for the first time, on March 10. more

By Jordana Mastour | 4/1/21

Three federal Covid relief bills have made a total of $280.7 billion available for education nationwide, including $193.2 billion for public primary and secondary schools.

Federal money available for Five Towns schools

Money for education is flowing once more from the federal government: The latest Covid stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan, totaling $1.9 trillion, includes $126 billion for public primary and secondary schools, $42 billion for higher education and $2.75 billion for private schools nationwide. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/24/21

Grab your ladle: The soup’s on the table

This column is back by popular demand. Well, in truth, only one reader, shivering through the freezing weather, remembered that I once wrote about winter soups, and asked me to do another one. more

2/18/21

County Legislator Carrié Solages, far left, partnered with Islamic Council of North American Relief and provided 100 families with food supplies in Inwood on March 16.

Helping to deflect outbreak hardship in Inwood

To aid in defraying the financial hardships people are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic, County Legislator Carrié Solages, who represents Inwood, partnered with Islamic Council of North American Relief and provided 100 families with food supplies on March 16. At 385 Bayview Ave. in Inwood, Solages and ICNA Relief representatives distributed the items. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/18/20

Dr. Joan Lurie Goldberg, co-founder of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency: Stop Teaching Hate Caucus, spoke at a National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section get together at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center.

NCJW-Peninsula Section is seeking peace in the middle east

The National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section met on Feb. 11 at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center to discuss topics related to Jewish life around the world more

By Aidan Warshavsky | 2/27/20

Dems veer hard left, headed for a cliff

Watching the Democratic debate marathon(s) two weeks ago drove home to me just how far to the political left the Democratic Party has veered. If it keeps this up . . . more

7/10/19

Congress must get tax reform right

When the House Ways and Means Committee met to consider its bill to revamp the U.S. tax code . . . more

11/24/17

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