21+ hour, 31+ min ago   (380+ words) Not long ago I was texting with a colleague I have known for years, a serious person who has spent a long career in and around public life. We were talking about the antisemitism rising inside his own party, the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (267+ words) Students at North Shore Hebrew Academy explored the Holocaust, antisemitism, hate and the power of individual choices through interactive lessons aboard the Mobile Museum of Tolerance, an educational initiative designed to bring discussions about tolerance directly to schools. The Mobile…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (312+ words) One pledge. One trip. One opportunity to make a meaningful difference for Long Island. On Tuesday, September 22, Car Free Day Long Island is asking Long Islanders to do something simple: swap just ONE drive-alone car trip for a more sustainable…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (232+ words) As summer winds down and a new school year begins, many parents of high school students are thinking about what comes next. College visits. SATs. Applications. Essays. Internships. Extracurriculars. We often help our kids build strong resumes. But there’s another…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (368+ words) Twenty-five years after its founding in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Tuesday’s Promise is entering a new chapter — one that reaches far beyond the children it was created to serve. The Manhasset-based nonprofit began in the pews of St. Mary’s Church…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (565+ words) For years now, Long Island government and business officials have stressed the need to train younger workers to take over well-paying jobs in the Island’s defense industry from those retiring or who have left. The U.S. Small Business Administration has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (526+ words) Jacob Fine, a 17-year-old senior at Jericho High School, said he has run the Financial Freedom Initiative for the past two years, which he said he created to educate peers and younger students about financial literacy after realizing that social…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) As a parent or a guardian, you worry constantly about your child or children, but what if you had between 1,800 and 2,000 young people to worry about? And moreover, what if they were spread out over nine separate places? Does all…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (255+ words) Tenth and last in a series. A major theme of this article series has been that villages are incredibly diverse, and I wanted to end with a look at how disparate Long Island’s 96 villages are and why that might be....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (505+ words) Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, the United States suffered the most devastating enemy attack in our history, 2,977 dead. Everyone in the New York area particularly, but really throughout the country and the civilized world was shocked and angered by the…...