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That the governor gets this is evidenced by her nomination of Justice Hector D. LaSalle to New York’s highest judicial post, Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals.
Despite the lack of relevant research, parents and yeshiva school officials seeking the best for their children are somehow presumptively operating out of corrupt motives, a damning global diagnosis based on what goes on in 32% of the schools surveyed.
He served as a member of the Knesset, including deputy minister of Religious Affairs, and as the spiritual leader of religious Zionist parties.
The logic of the West’s willing to go to war to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power is still sound. Iran was already a threat to its neighbors and largely acting with relative impunity.
It is noteworthy that most of the Arab world has not rushed to judgment against Israel in this incident; while Palestinian Authority officials railed about a “cold-blooded murder,” we have not seen anything like the heretofore-routine incendiary condemnations of Israel.
Noteworthy is that the bill adds no protections for religious freedom. It merely reaffirms those otherwise available, begging the question.
It tells the world, including its antisemites, that Israel got something momentous from the United States that only benefited the Jewish state. Indeed, Trump’s actions broke with decades of American foreign policy.
As we said, even before the new Netanyahu right-leaning coalition took over, the Biden team went public with some rather extravagant alarm.
Although there was close U.S. cooperation with Israel’s investigation into the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Department of Justice surprised many with an announcement that it was launching its own investigation.
The whole idea that there was anything like collusion happening was later shown to be based on the now-discredited Steele Dossier.
How could it be that people of that ilk broke bread with a former President of the United States responsible for some of the most historic advances of the Jewish people in almost three quarters of a century?
From the onset of the Biden presidency, with Democrats also controlling the Senate and the House, there was much talk about legislating “packing” the Court with Biden picks to create a new left-oriented majority and thereby retake the Court.
It is revealing that the mayor’s stress on crime is cited as a reason Rep. Zeldin came so close to defeating Gov. Hochul in overwhelmingly Democratic New York.
Significantly, the court invalidated major policy initiatives of the largely right-wing and religious Netanyahu-led governments from 2001 to 2021, triggering calls to rein in a court seen as encroaching on the powers of the legislature and the will of the electorate.
Sadly, this sort of animus toward Israel is routine at the UN; but what stood out this time was Ukraine’s unexpected vote in favor of the resolution against Israel.
While this was to be expected of America’s Jewish officialdom, for whom a wait-and-see, honeymoon period was out of the question, what was unexpected (and, frankly, alarming) was the reaction to the election results from the Biden administration.
While one could have expected that this unprecedented lineup would draw some international criticism from those supporting concessions to the Palestinians at the expense of Israel’s national interests, the heatedness of the disapproval was somewhat surprising.
Disrupting? Tilting? Sounds to us more like he is leveling the playing field. Indeed, Lauder’s role in beating back the Democrats blatant efforts to hijack the 2022 elections is instructive.
In past weeks, for statewide office, The Jewish Press has endorsed Cong. Lee Zeldin for Governor; NYPD Deputy Inspector Alison Esposito for Lieutenant Governor and Comptroller Thomas DiNpoli for re-election. We also endorsed candidates in a number of Congressional Districts (CDs): Nick LaLota (1st CD); Andrew Garbarino (2nd CD); George Santos (3rd CD); Anthony D’Esposito […]
With all this, we in the Jewish community take special concern that Gov. Hochul’s apathy toward the independence of our yeshiva schools. It is no hyperbole to state that there is a threat to the very continuity of the Jewish community as we know it.
Some are pointing to a possible silver lining in this scandal: the fact that some of the major companies with which he had lucrative business ventures – Adidas, Balenciaga, Vogue, Foot Locker, and Gap – cut ties with him due to his statements publicly underscored that antisemitism is unacceptable.
Israel unilaterally conceded drilling areas and other maritime space it already controlled which at worst were negotiable, all with no quid pro quo.
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Simply put, while Rep. Zeldin has come forward with common-sense approaches, Gov. Hochul has been missing in action on all of these critical fronts, seemingly determined to avoid angering her leftist-woke base with its catastrophic agenda.
He not only chose an 24 year NYPD veteran crime fighter to work at his side, but he also underscored his campaign theme that he is serious about doing something about the out of control crime that has gripped our city and state.
It sounds like the vice president's goal is not equality in the traditional sense of treating everyone the same, but rather to somehow achieve equivalent outcomes across disparate populations. She is aiming for equity, not equality.
Among the several lawsuits challenging the new law, two Orthodox Jews, Steven Goldstein and Meir Ornstein, are suing the governor and New York State in federal court in Manhattan for violating their religious rights.
A Christian Sunday Sabbath observer is petitioning the Supreme Court to consider his claim that the U.S. Postal Service discriminated against him by refusing to exempt him from working on Sundays.
This virtual roadmap and invitation is exceedingly rare, and it prompted some legal commentators to opine that the Court was sending a signal as to the potential favorable outcome for YU.
A little over a week ago, Justice Roberts expressed concern publicly that the Supreme Court’s reputation is being unfairly undermined.
The recent outcome of a lawsuit first begun in 2016 by a family-owned business suggests that it may no longer be the case that everything goes in the woke era.
Where are the Jewish community’s calls for turning Gov. Hochul out of office in November and replacing her with her Republican opponent, someone who has declared himself all in on this most fundamental of issues?
Many have quickly pointed out, however, that the depiction of an educational system that is totally at odds with any notion of equivalency is full of half-truths, innuendo, speculation, bias, and mostly anecdotal evidence.
The issue broke down to a question as to whether interim irreparable harm to YU would outweigh the minimal impact any delay would have on the LGBT group, which had no demonstrable need for immediate recognition.
One would have thought that the ADL would spend its time in fighting against the continuing scourge of anti-Semitism and not in championing notions of discrimination that are far more complicated.
Obviously the woeful state of his popularity and even the Democratic calls for him not to stand for reelection were not lost on him.
At issue in the case is the applicability of New York City’s Human Rights Law which, by its terms, prohibits discrimination against students based on various protected grounds, including sexual orientation and gender identity.
Sadly, Governor Hochul does not come off any better. As reported by Fox News, at a campaign rally last week she said that Republicans in the Empire State who do not share her values are not New Yorkers - because you don’t represent our values.
What comes after there is more and more economic integration between Israel and its neighbors – neighbors who, if they had their druthers, would doubtless like to see the establishment of the Palestinian state.
While we continue to believe that a new nuclear deal with Iran would be folly for our side, a U.S. military option may substantially lessen the risk.
The New York Police Department’s charges of attempted murder, however, were puzzingly downgraded by Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark to misdemeanor assault and harassment.
It is hard for us to get our heads around the notion that grown people could come to the conclusion that youngsters can have serious and enduring thoughts about their preferred gender.
Rep. Adam Schiff has continued without respite his years-long practice of claiming to possess compelling evidence of Trump’s crimes against America – evidence which he never seems to be able to produce.
The New York Post reports that the overwhelming percentage of new hires for some time now have been people of color, with 31% of employees across all agencies Black, 17% Hispanic, and 11.5% Asian in a city that’s about 20% Black, 28% Hispanic and 16% Asian.
In response to Operation Breaking Dawn, scholars and journalists in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain – hardly bastions of free speech or free press – took to condemning Islamic Jihad for provoking Israel.
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It doesn’t take a proverbial rocket scientist to appreciate that something will have to be done to enhance U.S. military capabilities in order to confront either, or Heaven forbid, both powers at the same time.
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There are some significant takeaways from this latest exchange of pleasantries. Despite the fact that it fired approximately 4,000 rockets in last year’s war with Israel, Hamas did not join in Islamic Jihad’s fight.
Doctors treat individual patients, not categories or groups. They are not trained to be social engineers.
Although the mayor has been advocating for stronger bail laws as far back as his election campaign, his most recent calls were apparently triggered by particular incidents.
To be sure, there has been some pushback in some Democratic circles, but we trust the new approach will be able to enhance its effectiveness over time.
Why this modus vivendi has developed given Russia’s close ties to Syria and Iran is not all that clear but it is known that Russia has tried to cultivate ties with Israel and actually values it as a stabilizing force in the Middle East.
Everybody already gets that the Democratic message is that on Jan. 6 Donald Trump didn’t act the way they think he should have. If not to draw things out, why the additional drumbeat to have him indicted? Why the need for further hearings?
Perhaps most dramatic was some recent news about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who though born male, self-identified as a woman and last year was allowed to compete in women’s swim competitions.
This is just the kind of diplomatic gobbledygook that lets people get past difficult confrontations.
There must be a place in this day and age in America for people who wish to build their lives according to the traditions and teachings of their forebears and largely eschew those of the secular world.
Incredibly, this individual never had any cases pending against him because he was never brought to trial. He reportedly was previously convicted of two felonies and 29 misdemeanors, however.
When asked by a reporter if he had encouraged the prosecutor not to prosecute the alleged attacker, Mayor Adams said that he would not disclose the contents of his conversations with the prosecutor.
Congressman Zeldin persistently maintains that “the state is wrong to be pushing the substantial equivalency standards.” Yeshivas provide “ a high quality education,” he contends.
It is no answer that protest is ordinarily the legal right of all Americans. This is not about legal rights but about ineluctable effects.
The lawsuit alleged that the demands made of Zinger would require him to violate various Israeli and American anti-boycott and anti-discrimination laws.
The alleged assailant was initially charged with second degree assault, which was subsequently downgraded to third degree harassment, a misdemeanor. But is this really the sort of thing that should draw the interest of the mayor of a major metropolis like New York City?
To be sure, the issue in the case was climate control, but similar assumptions of transformative power are almost routine across the federal bureaucracy.
The law required a person to show that they were dealing with an especially dangerous circumstance, not seeking to conceal-carry out of a general desire for self-defense.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in his majority opinion that Respect for religious expression is indispensable to life in a free and diverse republic – whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary of a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head.
The Biden administration is also reportedly trying to broker warmer relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, with the goal of bringing the Saudis into the Abraham Accords in the very near future.
Instead of aspiring to the role of problem-solver, Gov. Hochul seems more interested in burnishing her progressive credentials in order to curry favor with what she believes is her political base.
The symbolism is significant, and it plainly reflects a desire for better relations with the Palestinians after both the consulate issue and Mr. Biden’s refusal to return the U.S. Embassy itself to Tel Aviv.
It was President Herzog, the grandson of the late Israeli Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, who seized the moment to deliver a stirring tour de force about the centrality of Torah to the Jewish Nation.
San Franciscans voted to recall Boudin because he was soft on crime. He was one of a number of successful candidates for district attorney around the country committed to redressing what they said was systemic racism on the part of law enforcement that victimized people of color.
For its part, the Israeli military had initially said it could not determine with any certainty the source of the fatal bullet since the death occurred in the course of a fluid firefight and the Palestinians were unwilling to allow Israel to examine the bullet or otherwise cooperate in an investigation.
Interestingly, over the years, we have reported on similar results here in the United States, but they typically were preceded by some epic legislative or legal battle.
As Bennett tweeted: Iran stole classified documents from the UN's Atomic Agency and used that information to systematically evade nuclear probes. How do we know? Because we got our hands on Iran's deception plan.
What makes this very frustrating is that what New York State is about to do to us directly impacts our fundamental duty to perpetuate our faith in the time-honored way we teach it to our children – that Torah study is central.
Several days before Israel Independence Day this year, in a letter to Herzog, Erdogan extended his wishes for the well-being and prosperity of the people of Israel….
Despite Sussmann’s well-known connection to the Democratic establishment and his then current role as a lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Baker apparently dismissed any concern that Sussmann’s was a partisan effort.
The political value for Democrats in being able to distract from President Biden’s abject failure to control our borders is of course manifest.
There was no way that the barracudas who make up the presidential press corps would not try to run a truck through that beauty. Yet Ms. Jean-Pierre proved utterly unprepared and mouthed some inane platitudes in response to their onslaught.
The book’s narrator then goes on to intone, We will rewrite the rules we live by and love the world into balance.
As would be expected, the Palestinian Authority and the usual anti-Israel cabal in the UN and European Union were quick to blame Israel and not Palestinian gunmen for the journalist’s death – even before the facts were in.
This is a time of serious antisemitism. Attacks against Jews commonplace... The enormity of the Lufthansa episode is as breathtaking as it is ominous and provides critical context.
Inflation is, of course, real, and it will doubtless be worsened by our sending out all of that money. It is also a reality that when $40 billion is on the table, there will inevitably be fraud, waste, and other abuses.
The far left now says men – transgender ones, to be sure – can become pregnant.
While uncertainty about the Court’s future decisions remains, it should be clear that President Biden has now gone where no president has ever gone before with his refusal to condemn efforts by protesters to pressure Supreme Court justices to change their anticipated votes.
Obviously DeSantis’s unflinching opposition to woke nonsense and championing of parental rights in schools is taking its toll.
It all seemed way too Orwellian for this country to us – and this was still before Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee the following Wednesday confirmed our worst fears.
The question Why can’t Johnny read? resonates just as loudly today as it did 50 years ago and is just as relevant today as it was then.
We were therefore happy to hear that Elon Musk decided to buy Twitter because of the New York Post ban, which he thought was “obviously incredibly inappropriate,” and that he wanted to promote free speech by leveling the playing field.
Rabbi Wallerstein was best known for founding of the groundbreaking Ohr Naava Institute, which provided an organizational setting for enhancing spiritual guidance and social life to young Jewish women across the religious spectrum.
It is gratifying to see that there is apparently a range of significant issues of mutual concern and the political will to address them collectively.
For almost two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made no bones about his goal of restoring Russia to the glory days of the Soviet Union, when Russia largely determined what went on in Eastern Europe.
There was a disconcerting dimension to the obituary as well, because for all the extolling and paeans to other-worldliness, Mr. Berger and The Times editors seemingly believed they had license to tinker with the image of the great sage at their will.
Despite his rigorous study schedule, he also somehow found time to accommodate steady streams of visiting Jews, some desperately seeking his advice and blessings.
Under the plan, judges would once again have the discretion to set bail and detain criminal defendants in certain circumstances based on the crime alleged, whether a gun was used, or on past criminal history.
It also includes possible influence peddling involving his father and foreign entities and his failure to register as a foreign agent as he may have been required to do. And therein lies an important tale.
One could also have expected Putin would make an example of Ukraine to other former Soviet states, large and small, not to wander too far off the reservation.
There are also Israeli laws prohibiting any person from knowingly calling for a boycott against Israel or an area under its control.
Just think about it: New York State is about to grant individuals preferential entry into a probable multi-billion dollar industry only because they stand convicted of marijuana-related felonies.
