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Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters march outside Columbia University, in New York City on May 23, 2024. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
May 14, 2026, 10:20 am
NY school district pays $125K to settle suit over erased pro-Palestinian student art
Long Island district ordered to pay out student whose Palestinian-themed watermelon parking spot art in 2024 was painted over by high school
By Grace Gilson
The Chabad of Roslyn/Old Westbury building. (Google Streetview via JTA)
April 7, 2026, 9:58 pm
Long Island town must pay $19m for blocking construction of Chabad synagogue
After decades of legal sparring, judge tells Old Westbury that its 2001 ordinance ‘unconstitutionally discriminates against the free exercise of religion’
By Grace Gilson
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, at podium, speaks during a news conference in Mineola, New York, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo, File)
December 10, 2025, 4:59 am
Jewish Trump ally enters NY gubernatorial race, setting up primary against Stefanik
Bruce Blakeman of Long Island, who last year signed mask ban into law amid anti-Israel protests, launches campaign with video linking incumbent governor to ‘communist and antisemitic’ Mamdani
By Joseph Strauss
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (JTA/Wikimedia)
August 21, 2024, 8:29 am
Oregon man charged with making bomb threats against New York Jewish hospitals
Domagoj Patkovic, 31, arrested Tuesday, made multiple hoax calls to Jewish institutions and 911 operators that were broadcast live on Discord
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Then-Rep. George Santos of New York leaves a US House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 13, 2024, 11:18 am
New York set to vote on replacement for disgraced Rep. Santos in Congress
Former congressman Tom Suozzi faces Ethiopia-born Israeli-American Mazi Pilip in race for seat formerly held by figure who lied about Jewish heritage, allegedly stole from donors
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Candlelight Vigil for Israel at East Northport Jewish Center on Long Island, New York, October 12, 2023 (Wayne Rivera/Church Unleashed)
October 14, 2023, 10:36 pm
On Long Island, Jews put communal squabbles aside to ‘light up this darkness together’
The suburban region’s Jewish denominations, often at odds with each other, unite to mourn the over 1,300 Israelis murdered in last weekend’s Hamas massacres
By Matt Lebovic
A before and after photo depicting how a painting of Jesus at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, had been obscured by a curtain. (Before: U.S. Coast Guard; After: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.)
February 23, 2023, 10:49 am
Painting of Jesus at Merchant Marine Academy moved to chapel amid Jewish complaints
Republicans decry ‘woke’ decision that ends longstanding dispute between conservatives and religious freedom advocates
By Ron Kampeas
Adira Koffsky. (Courtesy)
February 3, 2023, 7:32 am
19-year-old American seminary student among victims of deadly Jerusalem car crash
Adira Koffsky of Long Island was fatally struck by driver who lost control in rain storm, blocks away from where she was studying for a gap year
By Gabe Friedman
Mazi Melesa Pilip appears at a press conference in Mineola, New York on January 29, 2023. (Office of Mazi Melesa Pilip via JTA)
January 21, 2023, 5:21 am
As Santos pressed to resign, Black Jewish GOP lawmaker in NY emerges as contender
Mazi Melesa Pilip, who was airlifted to Israel in Operation Solomon before later moving to Long Island, says she’s focused on current post in Nassau County and not US House seat
By Ron Kampeas
The Solomon Schechter Long Island in Williston Park, New York is grappling with an unfolding scandal being investigated by ToI (Courtesy SSLI Facebook page)
November 8, 2022, 10:38 pm
Jewish school head to leave after exposé showed scandal-hit staffer secretly kept on
2 months after ToI report on continued employment of man who ostensibly resigned in abuse scandal’s fallout, Schechter Long Island tells parents Scott Sokol has taken job elsewhere
By Jacob Magid
The Schechter School of Long Island's building in Williston Park, New York. (Schechter LI/Facebook)
September 7, 2022, 12:34 am
New York Jewish school secretly kept on staffer who ‘resigned’ over abuse scandal
Schechter principal, deputy directed creation of a corporation to keep paying student life director Mike Hirsch, who had also been written up for inappropriately touching students
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative photo of foreign currencies. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
July 27, 2022, 10:09 am
Long Island Jewish school executive indicted for embezzling more than $8 million
David Ostrove, the former CFO of the Schechter School of Long Island, allegedly used the money to buy rare cars, houses, sports memorabilia and collectible coins
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Orthodox rabbis in Baltimore and on New York's Long Island in a video urge their community members to take the COVID vaccine ahead of the High Holidays. (Screenshot from YouTube)
September 3, 2021, 7:43 am
US Orthodox rabbis urge communities to get vaccinated ahead of Rosh Hashanah
Religious leaders from Baltimore, Long Island release video messages calling on unvaccinated congregants to get inoculated against COVID
By Shira Hanau
David Jeancy, from New London, Connecticut, holds his son Grant as they watch the waves from Pequot Point beach as Tropical Storm Henri approaches, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in New London, Connecticut (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
August 22, 2021, 7:28 pm
Millions brace as Henri, now a tropical storm, blows into New York, New England
Center of storm projected to pass just off the eastern tip of Long Island by midday, bringing flooding and heavy winds
By Michael R. Sisak and David Porter
James Masog, center, and Gary Tavares, right, move particle board into place to board up the sliding glass doors of a clients house in Charlestown, R.I., ahead of Hurricane Henri, August 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
August 22, 2021, 5:02 am
Evacuations urged as rare hurricane barrels toward northeastern US
Millions told to prepare for storm surges, power outages as Hurricane Henri targets Long Island and New England; star-studded NY Central Park concert evacuated due to weather
By Michael Hill
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