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 […]
Zohran Mamdani draws loud cheers after mentioning “Palestinian New Yorkers in Bay Ridge who will no longer have to contend with a politics that speaks of universalism and then makes them the exception.”
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “I was elected as a Democratic Socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist! I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical”.
Mazel Tov! The joy and bliss when an engagement is announced. The excitement is palpable. What a time of complete happiness & simcha! As the myriad details need to be arranged and the hectic whirlwind sets in, for some of these smiling families the smiles begin to falter, the dance slowly slips off-beat. The reason […]
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 who publicly support terrorism. The order requires the state to explain why the law should not be repealed in response to petitions filed against it […]
Dirshu is coming to Far Rockaway and the Five Towns. This coming Sunday, 16 Teves/January 4, will mark a historic milestone in Far Rockaway and the Five Towns which will host their first ever major Dirshu event, An Evening of Celebration and Chizuk. The evening will start off with a gala siyum on Mishnah Berurah Chelek Gimmel […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders stood with the crowd on the front steps of City Hall for Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. Ocasio-Cortez is set to speak, while Sanders will administer the oath to the new mayor during this afternoon’s ceremony.
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio offered advice to Zohran Mamdani, noting that from his own experience, no matter how much you prepare, “you’re still going to get thrown a lot of curveballs.”
HAPPENING NOW: Chants of “Free Free Palestine” break out at Mamdani inauguration, while another woman is on live TV demanding Mamdani keep to his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu if he visits NYC.
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 brother of Capt. Yisrael Yudkin, H’yd, who fell in the Gaza Strip more than a year and a half ago. Yudkin stated that he chose […]
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 roads leading to Bnei Brak on Erev Shabbos, blocking access to the city. The protesters, frustrated with highway closures and weekly traffic jams caused by […]