Claude Solnik

3 weeks ago | longislandpress.com | Claude Solnik

There’s a saying that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Really? Despite that often-cited pearl of wisdom, the reality is that we judge many products by their packaging. In a nation famous for automobiles and apple pie, America does few things as well as, or better than, making packaging. Close Never miss a storyNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.

3 weeks ago | longislandpress.com | Claude Solnik

The National Association of Realtors has abandoned its policy of making all listings public and available to all prospective buyers within 24 hours. Close Never miss a storyNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.

1 month ago | amny.com | Claude Solnik

Members of Muslim and Jewish groups united on Wednesday in Midtown as nearly a dozen family members of hostages taken in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, met with an interfaith group and expressed hope for the release of all those still held captive. The gathering, taking place more than 550 days after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel and took hundreds of people hostage, sought to demonstrate that the release of all remaining hostages was a humanitarian, not a political cause.

1 month ago | danspapers.com | Claude Solnik |Shoshanna McCollum

History is written in books, but now and then, as at C.O. Bigelow, “the oldest apothecary in America,” it is written boldly and beautifully in the building.

1 month ago | longislandpress.com | Claude Solnik

Schools teach math, English, foreign languages, history, reading, writing and science — but financial literacy often falls through the cracks in New York State, which has no requirements for this subject. The result, in part, may be an invisible educational epidemic, a kind of pandemic-scale lack of financial literacy plaguing the population.