Yeshiva World News

California voters on Tuesday night approved Proposition 50, redrawing the state’s congressional map to make five districts more favorable to Democrats.

Vice Mayor Michele Weiss has been elected Mayor of University Heights — becoming what appears to be the first female Orthodox Jew ever elected mayor in the United States. A longtime civic leader and Republican, Weiss defied political odds by capturing the mayor’s office in the heavily Democratic suburb of Cleveland through a campaign built […]

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara was summoned to a joint hearing in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Constitution Committee regarding conflicts of interest in the probe against ousted Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the leak of the Sde Teiman video, but she refused to attend, citing “obstruction of proceedings” in an […]

Diaspora Affairs and Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli issued a statement (in Hebrew) in response to the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral election, saying that the city, once a symbol of freedom, “has handed over its keys to a Hamas supporter—whose positions are not far from those of the jihadists who murdered […]

Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff soared to victory on Tuesday night, as the Jewish community overwhelmingly threw their support behind him. Schiff and his Undersheriff Eric Chaboty have played a prominent role in the Jewish community, working closely with Hatzolah and summer camps, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jewish community overwhelmingly threw their support […]

MAMDANI: So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.

MAMDANI: “I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.”

MAMDANI: “We will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of antisemitism.”

California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at […]

“Rabbi” Moshe Indig (guaranteed he doesn’t have Smechia and isn’t a rabbi by any stretch) wishes his “heartiest congratulations and Mazel Tov” to antisemite Zohran Mamdani.

Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only just begun, there are signs that the economy — specifically, Trump’s inability to deliver the economic turnaround he promised last fall — may be a real […]

BIG WIN IN THE CATSKILLS: Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff and Undersheriff Eric Chaboty have won reelection. The community owes a debt of gratitude to Abe Rosenberg, who worked tirelessly to secure write-in ballots from more than 4,000 Jewish homeowners who have homes upstate as well in NYC.

Community leader Rabbi Abe Friedman, law enforcement chaplain in NY and NJ with New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill at her Election Night victory party.

City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Sheffield defeated popular megachurch pastor the Rev. Solomon Kinloch in Tuesday’s general election. She will take office in January and succeed three-term Mayor Mike Duggan who announced last year that he would not seek reelection. Duggan is […]

President Trump blames Republicans getting crushed tonight on the shutdown and because he wasn’t on the ballot.

All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state’s highest court — one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections. The result shapes the makeup of the seven-member court through the next […]

Meet the new mayor of NYC. (No, this video is not AI.)

Assemblyman Schnall thanks everyone who came out to vote for him, as he prepares for his second term in the State Assembly.

BREAKING: Chris Pollak has won a seat on the Jackson Township Council by a razor-thin margin, following a bruising campaign that saw Orthodox Jewish voters overwhelmingly support another candidate, Al Couceiro. Pollak is a proponent of the “Jackson Strong” segment of Jackson society, which routinely blames Orthodox Jews for every conceivable ill in the township. […]