1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (410+ words) WASHINGTON — A group of Hasidic Jewish community leaders from New York and New Jersey met with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House Thursday, the first such gathering at the executive mansion in nearly five decades....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (265+ words) “Whenever I talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest, people will respond with what is generally a myth of capital flight.” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Monday We say: It’s no “myth” that high-earning New Yorkers are voting with their feet and…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (502+ words) Brad Lander probably won’t learn from this incident (“Lander pandered,” Isaac Schorr, Sept. 1). He will tell himself the individuals who demeaned him don’t represent the crowd he’s ingratiated himself with. Now that he is on his way to Congress, if…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (589+ words) Piers Morgan and Ben Shapiro escalated their months-long feud this week, trading personal insults after Morgan declared the conservative podcaster “banned” from his online show — though Shapiro already said he wouldn’t appear on it. The latest flare-up began Wednesday after…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (706+ words) There’s a list of celebrities supporting Mark Ruffalo after the “Avengers” star’s latest anti-Israel bombast. Gina Carano might have settled for just one A-list defender. Or even a D-list dweller. Ruffalo’s chronic anti-Israel rhetoric finally caught up with the 58-year-old…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (996+ words) In May 2025, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, went on BBC Radio and told the audience that 14,000 babies in Gaza were going to die “in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.” Two days. Fourteen thousand…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (470+ words) An unrepentantly lefty Bay Area cafe battling three major discrimination lawsuits over treatment of Jewish customers slammed its doors shut suddenly, this week— citing “safety” fears and raging against its supposed “Zionist” foes. Owners of Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House told…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (412+ words) WASHINGTON — Israel is vowing that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s call for protests against Benjamin Netanyahu won’t stop the prime minister from addressing the upcoming UN General Assembly. “Instead of uniting the city and maintaining public order and safety,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (638+ words) Brad Lander was always going to learn the hard way. The ex-NYC comptroller defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in a high-profile Democratic primary earlier this year that sent shockwaves through their party. Both are progressive Jews and outspoken critics of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (576+ words) More than 20 actors from the Marvel universe — including Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton — have joined a campaign calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. These Hollywood celebrities portray him as a Palestinian political prisoner…...