Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

Long Island Community Commemorates Two Years Since Oct. 7 Hamas Attacks

October 7, 2025

Before Oct. 7, 2023, Aviv Lapid described where she lived in Israel as being just a five-minute run from the Gaza Strip. Two years later, Lapid now refers to the space as “the distance between Hamas terrorists and my house.” Lapid told her story at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County on Oct. 5 during a commemoration ceremony marking two years since the Hamas attacks.  

In WWII Poland, Caring Catholics Protected Jewish People

August 29, 2023

There are numerous stories of Catholics from Nazi-occupied countries who put themselves at risk to save the lives of Jewish people, said Jolanta Zamecka, vice chair of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.