Battling anti-Jewish discrimination and actively protecting the rights of Jewish communities and individuals is the mission that unites both the Lawfare Project and its activism initiative, #endjewhatred. Organizers from both groups, as well as many attendees and several special guests, gathered at the Southampton Arts Center on Jobs Lane in Southampton Village on August 7 for a fundraiser and panel discussion on Jewish civil rights and advocacy, followed by a cocktail reception. The event, with ...
For the League of Women Voters, controversy is anathema. It’s an avowedly nonpartisan organization that takes great pains not to take sides in the political...
After reading Fred W. Thiele Jr.’s article [“Choices Matter — So Where Are They?” Observations from Long Beach, Opinion, August 7], I felt the need to respond. In sports, it’s not uncommon for people to understand what a generational talent is: an athlete that is so rare that they define a generation. They are almost bigger than the sport they play and become global icons. Well, the same happens in politics. There are generational politicians who define a generation. We...
You’d never know by the chronic whine of gas-powered leaf blowers that they’re banned in the Town of Southampton through the summer. After a morning with stereophonic leaf blowers, I called Town Hall to check that they were actually banned. Yes, they are — and there’s an SOS complaint on the town website to report leaf blower noise. It requires a photo, address and business name. I assumed the town would remind them of the ban. Instead, SOS inquiries were...
It’s not every day that a pair of collegiate men’s soccer teams set up shop ....
Read More Southampton SportsRumson earned the crown at the fourth annual Hoops 4 Hope “East End 3’s” 3-on-3 ...
Read More East Hampton SportsYouth was served at Saturday’s 15th annual Antigua & Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta in Sag ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsThe 25th annual East End Hospice Box Art Auction returns to East Hampton on Saturday, August 23. A…