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Being educated about the complex issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and able to articulate a defense of Israel were the major points of a panel discussion that included questions from the audience about the rise of anti-Semitism on North American college campuses on April 13.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/27/16
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One day not long ago, Merokean Susan Saban was sitting in a holiday service at Temple Beth Am of Bellmore-Merrick. A mother of a child with developmental disabilities kept getting up to attend to the boy, who was disrupting the service.
Saban’s heart sunk. She knows well the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families. She is the assistant director of pupil personnel services in the Herricks School District, and is charged with providing services for children with special needs.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/20/16
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A rise in anti-Semitism on college campuses, fueled by a hatred of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians, has propelled groups such as the National Council of Jewish Women to offer college-bound students the facts they need to respond to what is perceived as misinformation about the Jewish state.
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By Jeff Bessen
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4/6/16
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Witnessing a routine activity at an Israel Defense Forces base just north of Be’er Sheva left East Meadowite Neal H. Zuckerman verklempt, he said. Zuckerman and seven other East Meadow …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/1/16
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Reticence to defend against an attack on his ancestral homeland as a teenager spurred Benjamin Anthony to take unflinching action as an adult. He not only joined the Israel Defense Forces, for which he continues to serve as a reservist, but after the second Lebanon War of 2006, Anthony established Our Soldiers Speak, a nonprofit organization through which IDF soldiers speak to college and high school students at synagogues, churches, community centers and homes throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, South Africa and Israel.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/2/16
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Rabbi Daniel Bar-Nahum says that while his congregants at Temple Emanu-El recognize that there are many ways to practice their faith, they might not realize that fellow Reform Jews living in Israel …
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/18/16
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The special election to fill the State Senate’s 9th District seat, formerly held by Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is set for April 19, the same day as New York’s presidential primary.
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2/4/16
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A record number of tourists from North America visited Israel in 2015, though there was a small decline later in the year due to a spate of violence in the Jewish state. According to one travel agent in the Five Towns, however, the number of local travelers has not changed.
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By Vanessa Parker
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1/27/16
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The people of America are in a bad mood, and it’s hard to understand why. Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years. Oil prices have hit rock bottom, and you can fill up your car for $25. New cars are selling at the fastest pace . . .
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1/21/16
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Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a …
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/15
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