The BPJCC and JCCGCI hosted a pre-Chanukah luncheon event in honor of Boro Park’s Holocaust survivors. The gathering, organized specifically for women, took place on Tuesday, December 9, at the BPJCC’s new community center. Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, popular author and Rav of Khal Bnei Yitzchok shared words of inspiration with attendees. “With the support of Metropolitan […]
A teacher walking toward a Jewish day school in Miami Beach was assaulted in what authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime, prompting an intensive police operation that ended with one person taken into custody Wednesday afternoon. The attack occurred Tuesday morning just steps from the Lehrman Community Day School, along the 500 block […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution. There was no clear outcome apparent after the justices heard two hours of arguments in an appeal from Alabama, which wants to put to death a man who lower […]
An Austrian regional hospital has dismissed a senior physician after he allegedly invoked Auschwitz while discussing an overweight patient, triggering internal whistleblowing, staff revolt, and a public outcry over the normalization of Nazi-era language inside a state medical institution. The incident occurred at Landesklinikum Horn, a major regional hospital in the Waldviertel region of Lower […]
Israeli officials told Channel 12 News they were outraged by Islamic Jihad’s announcement on Tuesday claiming that the terror group had “handed over all hostages in its possession.” Coordinator for Prisoners and Missing Persons Gal Hirsch sent intelligence findings to the mediators, including aerial photographs and names of parties who are likely aware of the […]
CBS News appointed Tony Dokoupil as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” on Wednesday, charging him with taking on ABC’s dominant David Muir on one of the flagship shows for broadcast television. Dokoupil, who has been part of the “CBS Mornings” team since 2019, will start his new job on Jan. 5. He replaces the […]
Federal officials have taken a significant step toward implementing the new federal scholarship tax credit (FSTC), a program poised to reshape K–12 education funding nationwide and open the door to billions of dollars in private scholarship support. Agudath Israel of America on Wednesday applauded an announcement from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the […]
FLATBUSH: Three suspects were arrested by the NYPD, with assistance from Flatbush Shomrim volunteers at Quentin Road and East 21st Street, following a brazen gunpoint robbery in Flatbush, where the suspects crashed their vehicle on the sidewalk and fled on foot before being caught after a brief chase; an NYPD officer was injured during the […]
Ukrainian SBU sea drones (USVs) struck the Comoros-flagged Russian shadow fleet tanker “Dashan,” in the Black Sea, marking the third tanker hit in two weeks.
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, released the following statement after meeting with Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior & Foreign Affairs Committee of the UAE: I had the privilege of meeting with Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, whose leadership, vision, and courage continue to bring light to […]
The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months, a move that could attract ire from President Donald Trump, who has demanded steep reductions to borrowing costs. In a statement released after a two-day meeting, the […]
BREAKING: The Federal Reserve has cut rates by 0.25% to 3.5-3.75%, citing elevated uncertainty and rising employment risks. “Uncertainty about the economic outlook remains elevated.”
Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region in coming years under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S. fossil fuel production. The sale came after President Donald Trump’s administration recently announced plans to allow new drilling off Florida […]
Israeli officials issued a sharply worded demand Wednesday after determining that Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives know the location of the remains of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage whose body has not been recovered from Gaza. The revelation has injected renewed tension into ongoing negotiations and threatens to halt the next phase of the […]
Jewish leaders across New York are pressing the City University of New York for a stronger response after a Muslim campus leader staged a walkout targeting a Jewish representative during an interfaith event. In a letter sent Tuesday to CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, a coalition of Jewish community officials and elected leaders accused […]
Sec. Scott Bessent on how President Trumps tax cut helps Americans in 2026: “They’re going to be getting very large refunds in the First Quarter… which could be between $1,000-$2,000 per household. Then, they’ll change their withholding, and they’ll get a real increase in their wages.”
