יום שישי, ח׳ אלול תשפ״וFriday, August 21, 2026
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Michael Wildes, the mayor of Englewood, NJ; lawyer; and law professor will be joining Columbia Law School this fall to teach a course in Business Immigration, Visas, Workforce, and Compliance Law. This is in addition to his role as adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which he has held for the […]
Zohran Mamdani is the first mayor of New York City this century without a deputy mayor whose job description includes “economic development,” even as job growth remaining weak. It took him seven months to name somebody to run the city’s Economic Development Corporation, Anthony Shorris, a partner at McKinsey & Company with extensive government experience. […]
Senior NYPD officials have, in recent years, traveled to Israel for training conferences by the Israeli National Police on counterterrorism and antisemitism. City Council Speaker Julie Menin has said that she expects such cooperation to continue should it be brought up in the council. On Wednesday, City & State reporter Fariha Rahman asked Mayor Zohran […]
In a statement Wednesday morning, City Hall said the mayor would be going on vacation "Upstate" next week starting Sunday, through August 23rd. Asked later for details, the mayor only laughed and said "upstate." A spokesperson, Dora Pekec, added that the mayor's wife Rama Duwaji would be going as well, but declined to give a […]
With the return of Schmerling and Herman Jansen, kosher consumers once again have access to a range of flavorful, high-quality liqueurs that deliver exceptional value.
Siding with a group of Staten Island homeowners, State Supreme Court Wayne M. Ozzi issued a temporary restraining order Monday pausing the roll-out of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax on second homes in the city.The tax, as surcharge on one’s annual property tax bill, would apply to condos and coöps that are used as second homes […]
Chabad Flamingo had a wonderful experience hosting a fantastic group of Lubavitch Yeshiva students from Detroit for Shabbat!
A fire that started in Postville, Iowa Tuesday has destroyed at least 75% of the AgriStar Processing meat plant in whose laundry room the fire started. This has put more than 600 people out of work, Fire Chief Jeff Bohr told KCRG, the local TV network; and will likely cause a jump in kosher meat […]
The Jewish people have survived exiles, expulsions, inquisitions, pogroms, and the horrors of the Holocaust, not because we possessed great armies or vast empires, but because the Kol of Torah never ceased.
Politico Playbook reports that Ramzi Kassem, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel, owns stock in RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), a multinational military contractor that has a long relationship with the Israeli military, in such deals as a $1.25 billion deal this past November for surface-to-air missiles for Israel’s Iron Dome system. Mr. Kassem, a law professor […]
City Journal reports that Ana María Archilak, New York City Commissioner for International Affairs, had a meeting scheduled for July 7th with Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani. This was apparently unauthorized, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani only found out about it when a press inquiry arrived at City Hall. The meeting was called off after the […]
In remarks to reporters covered on C-SPAN2, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that he still considers the Jewish political strategist Morris Katz "a top advisor of mine." Katz worked on Graham Platner's Senate campaign in Maine, which was finally undone this month after constant scandals related to a Nazi-associated tattoo, antisemitic statements, and accusations of sexual […]
If the directive is solid and is for our benefit, why allow us to defy it at all? Wouldn't the world be a better place without free choice? And the answer is no, it would not.
A central halachic and emotional theme of the day is to avoid diverting our minds from this national mourning.
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New York law adds one more step that catches many new owners off guard: before the job is really done, the LLC has to be published in a newspaper. A printed one.
Eliezer got up to speak and his shiur was so sublime and uplifting that angels descended from Heaven to listen to the incredible insights that Eliezer expounded.
Dr. Michael Kay said: I step into this role with humility, and with a deep desire to listen and learn – motivated by the conviction that we are witnessing an unparalleled resurgence in Jewish commitment under difficult circumstances, and that we have an obligation to nurture it.
At a time of rising antisemitism and deep polarisation, Rabbi Goldstein, who serves as the Chief Rabbi of South Africa, believes the proclamation offers a rare opportunity for national unity: "Shabbat is above politics. Whatever our differences, whatever our background, whatever our level of observance, Shabbat belongs to all of us."
August 21, 2026 
