By Rita Plush “Synagogues of Long Island” By Ira Poliakoff (The History Press $21.99) Ira Poliakoff is no stranger to congregational life. Both his grandparents and parents were active temple members, and in the 1960s Poliakoff himself worked as a … Full Story
Book Review: Pride
By Rita Plush “Pride” The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag By Rob Sanders, Illustrated by Steven Salerno (Random House Children’s Books $17.99) Editor’s Note: Harvey Milk and Gilbert Baker are legends Fire Island can count as among … Full Story
Goldstein’s work examines classic authors
Book Review: “The World Broke in Two” By Rita Plush “The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the Year That Changed Literature” Bill Goldstein Henry Holt & Company $30 Literary … Full Story
Community Creates Saltaire Summer Cookbook
By Rita Plush If you ever considered a dinner party that comes in a “wagon or a bike basket traveling across the boardwalks,” and a hassle-free social life that centers around entertaining, dip into the just released “Saltaire Summer Cook … Full Story
Book Review: Images of America – Bay Shore
By Rita Plush “Images of America – Bay Shore” | Christopher Verga and Neil Buffett | Arcadia Publishers $21.99 If all Bay Shore means to you is going to the Fire Island ferry, please pick up a copy of “Images of America … Full Story
Book Reviews: “Walter and the Wallet” and “When I Was a Child I Was Always Afraid”
By Rita Plush “Walter and the Wallet” Billy Bloom Illustrator – Tanya Leonello Juvenile Fiction Eifrig Publishing LLC $14.99 Things are not going well for young Walter Whippingdale. The girl he likes has eyes for another boy, and Walter struck … Full Story
BOOK REVIEW: Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon
Review by Rita Plush WAY BACK WHEN, A FIRE atop a platform served as a light to warn mariners of ports and possible shoreline dangers. But the times they were changing, and the turn of the 18th Century meant more … Full Story
Fire Island Bookshelf: 10 Essentials
by Rita Plush Everything you ever wanted to know about Fire Island you can now ask … and have answered with 10 noteworthy titles on the barrier island, many of them authored by long-time Fire Islanders. Fire Island: 1650s-1980s by Madeline … Full Story