Daily Archives: November 7, 2025
New novel about a Jewish holy woman in present-day Toronto
Author Leora Freedman spent several years immersed in Hasidic legends, struck by their view of the human condition and belief in the possibility of a better world. To her, the stories seemed to call...
The Islamist capture of New York
The victory of New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election was long heralded by the opinion polls. Yet its effect upon America threatens to be nothing less than...
Is the media failing us, or are we failing the media?
This week in Manhattan, at the inaugural AISH Talks, I stepped onstage and shared something I have never shared publicly before—not just what I do in the world of journalism, but why I do...
Poll: Nearly half of Israelis would avoid NYC after Mamdani victory
Nearly half of Israelis plan to avoid travel to New York in the wake of the election as mayor of Zohran Mamdani, whom they overwhelmingly perceive as antisemitic, a poll released on Thursday shows.
The findings...
Senate judiciary panel passes bill to help families recover Nazi-looted art
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, which would remove a “sunset” date of Dec. 31, 2026, from a 2016 bill of the same name, unanimously on Thursday.
“This...
Brandeis names Flora Cassen director of Jewish studies centers
Brandeis University appointed historian Flora Cassen its inaugural Lavine family director of its Center for Jewish Studies and director of its Sarnat Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness. She is to start on Jan....
Cornell settles for $60 million with Trump admin after Jew-hatred probe
Cornell University announced on Friday that it had reached a settlement with the Trump administration following a Jew-hatred probe, and an investigation about its admissions policies.
Under the settlement, under which Cornell “expressly denies liability...
Iran planned to kill Israeli envoy to Mexico this year
Hasan Izadi, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official in Iran, planned to assassinate Einat Kranz Neiger, the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, starting in late 2024 and kept the plot going actively through the first...
Still learning of liberators, all these years later
Like many children of survivors, Bernice Lerner has spent most of her life ruminating on the Holocaust and writing about big questions. How was the Holocaust allowed to occur? What is the connection between...