Do Jews benefit from or lose out under DEI?

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, has become one of the most influential and controversial frameworks in American life, and has come to influence everything from hiring practices and university policies to... Read more »

Iraq’s High-Stakes Elections Amid Shifting Regional Dynamics

On November 11, Iraqis will head to the polls for parliamentary elections, the seventh since the 2003 U.S. invasion that ushered in free and fair multiparty politics. Despite a turbulent democratic transition,... Read more »

What has New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said about Israel

New York’s hotly contested mayoral race came to a close Tuesday night as Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani was declared the winner.  Mamdani, a 34-year-old assemblyman from Queens, carried 50.4% of the votes... Read more »

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 »

The Battle for Iraq’s “Largest Bloc”: A Renewed Struggle over Power and Definition

Shafaq News – Baghdad Since Iraq’s first elections after 2003, the dispute over the “largest parliamentary bloc” has been the most decisive and contentious issue in every government formation. The concept —... 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 »

Israel warns Lebanon: Deterrence or descent into new war?

Shafaq News Israel’s leadership has issued the sharpest warnings in months that it could expand military operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah’s post-ceasefire rebuilding continues—raising a central question for Beirut and the region:... 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 »