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A recent study from a Columbia University lecturer documented the ways the administration of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has enlisted legions of online influencers in lieu of traditional media. The administrations bills this as a way to reach younger New Yorkers and those less connected to traditional media. It has also raised questions […]
The 2026-27 school year opened today in Israel at approximately 28,000 locations across the country, per the Israeli Ministry of Education. There are approximately 180,000 first graders and 143,000 twelfth graders, out of a total student body numbering around 2.6 million. Per the ministry, around 260,000 teachers have begun the year as well. The Israel […]
Modern warfare is increasingly being conducted by unmanned aerial systems (UAS, that is, drones), as can be seen in Ukraine and the Middle East. First person-view (FPV) drones, costing only a few hundred dollars, can disable a million-dollar vehicle or knock out power for millions of people. Most of the counter-drone industry, however, is focused […]
An Israeli artificial intelligence startup that was valued at about $4 billion only three months ago is now reportedly on the verge of being acquired for roughly $7 billion by Anthropic, the American company behind the Claude AI chatbot. The potential acquisition of Decart would be one of the largest-ever purchases of an Israeli technology […]
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.


