Zohran Mamdani Defeats Andrew Cuomo in NYC Mayor Race

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist. anti-Israel candidate, who built his campaign around working-class affordability and assembled a diverse volunteer network, will become New York City’s next mayor after defeating Andrew Cuomo,... Read more »

In ‘Playing Shylock’ confronts the legacy of Shakespeare’s divisive Jew

For more than four centuries, Shylock has stood as one of Shakespeare’s most debated and misunderstood creations, a character who has haunted Jewish history and theater in equal measure. The Venetian moneylender... Read more »

Four ways to honor and bring awareness to Jewish languages and ethnolects

From Judeo-Shirazi to Jewish Neo-Aramaic, there’s a wide and rich range of Jewish languages, ethnolects, and dialects beyond Hebrew — many of which have been spoken for over a thousand years. These... Read more »

French cement maker Lafarge goes on trial on charges of financing jihadists in Syria

PARIS — French cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit went on trial Tuesday, facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in northern Syria... Read more »

iren stock Microsoft commits $7.9B to UAE tech hub; $9.7B IREN deal aims to ease AI computing crunch

IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) announced a significant multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft on Monday. The agreement, valued at approximately $9.7 billion over a five-year term, involves IREN providing Microsoft... Read more »

IDF Bans Chinese Electric Vehicles Over Security Concerns

The Chinese Embassy in Israel on Monday rejected allegations that Chinese-made electric vehicles could be used for espionage, after Israel Hayom reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had ordered the removal... Read more »

Two men charged in Detroit-area terrorism plot after Halloween arrests

DETROIT, Michigan (AP) — Two men were charged with terrorism-related crimes in the Detroit area after federal authorities made arrests and seized a cache of weapons last week in a storage unit... Read more »

UK police charge man over train stabbing rampage

LONDON (AP) — UK police charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder on Monday over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and said he also tried to... Read more »

Hundreds of thousands of Israeli Haredim protest military draft plan

About 200,000 Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) protested in Jerusalem against plans to require some Haredi young men to draft into the military on Thursday. The protest took place as the Knesset prepared to... Read more »

Trump accelerates Middle East plan as tensions grow

While Israel grapples with the drama surrounding the military advocate general’s office and the murky diplomatic maneuvers in Gaza, Washington is fast-tracking President Donald Trump’s grand strategy for the Middle East. The... Read more »