New York City’s new mayor moved immediately Thursday to draw a sharp line between his administration and that of his predecessor, issuing a sweeping executive order just hours after taking office that erased most of former Mayor Eric Adams’ executive actions, including those designed to combat a surge in antisemitic incidents across the city. Mayor […]
An Israeli soldier was found dead in southern Israel on Monday in what is being investigated as an apparent suicide, the military said, bringing the total number of IDF fatalities
I want to begin by thanking New York State Senator Sam Sutton and Assemblyman Micah Lasher for introducing legislation to create a buffer zone outside houses of worship. At a
Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of
Embracing Matthew After His Bris It almost feels unfaithful and disloyal to choose a favorite Parsha, when every Parsha in the Torah is sacred and beloved. Why then is the Rav
We all move through life wearing an invisible pair of glasses. The trouble is, those lenses are tinted by every experience, fear, and uncomfortable moment we’ve ever lived through. Two people can walk into the same room and have entirely different interpretations: one feels welcomed, while the other is convinced everyone is silently evaluating their […]
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Supreme Court justices Yitzchak Amit, Ofer Grosskopf, and Gila Kanfi-Steinitz issued a conditional order to the state on Thursday, freezing a law that allows the Education Ministry to dismiss teachers
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IDF officer (res.) Dovi Yudkin published a sharp warning on Thursday on his Facebook account regarding the treatment of Charedi prisoners in military prisons. Yudkin, from Kfar Chabad, is the
Residents of cities near Bnei Brak are planning to carry out a counter-protest against the wave of Chareidi protests against the draft by creating a deliberate traffic jam on the
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least three people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, […]
President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an
President Donald Trump signed a New Year’s Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks. Trump’s order signed Wednesday
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From Sydney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or light shows, while others took a more subdued approach. As the clock struck midnight in Japan, temple bells rang and some climbed mountains to see the year’s first sunrise, while a light show with somersaulting […]
Several members of the Jewish kehilla were injured in a fire at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland, which occurred near the local shul, Mako reported. Reports say that at least 40 people were killed and over 100 were injured in the fire, many of them tourists who had come for celebrations at the Swiss Alpine resort. […]
A fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and about 100 more injured, most seriously, police said. The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue and overnight its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed […]
Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year. Democrats forced a 43-day government shutdown over the issue. Moderate Republicans called for a solution to save their 2026 political aspirations. President Donald Trump floated […]
Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in as the first Muslim leader of America’s biggest city, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath. “This is truly the […]
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