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Ask anyone why we mourn during “The Nine Days” and they will tell you it’s because the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed. While it’s true that this tragic event happened during these days, according to chasidic teachings, that is not why we mourn.

This past Sunday, Mexican voters made history, choosing between two frontrunners to make history as the country’s first woman president was elected. Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, won by a commanding lead, running in the Morena party of term-limited incumbent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Teachers often write things in end-of-term reports like “progress has been made” or “there has been much growth.” Isn’t that what we want from our students when they leave our rooms? For them to grow as students and as people? 

Facing a difficult choice between two rising political extremes, incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron allied his Ensemble block with the Far Left in the second round of his country’s legislative elections. The results last Sunday showed cheering crowds waving red Algerian and Palestinian flags on the streets of Paris, but very few flags of the country that held the election.

Israel supporters worldwide are up in arms over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision, under the auspices of its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for potential crimes against humanity. This egregious attempt to put Israel’s democratically elected leaders next to Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar as potential war criminals is an insidious notion to consider, just as the Jewish state has been waging a costly war against a terrorist regime in Gaza.

Until the final hours, political observers were looking at every possible hint of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ running mate. A scheduled rally in Philadelphia seemed to indicate Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was the choice in this hotly contested state, but then the Secret Service vehicles drove up to the home of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, picking him up for a date with history.