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The New York Mets were sold to a Chinese conglomerate for the record price of $6 billion. Mets owner Shalom Cohanim defended the sale, saying that winning a championship would be great but $6 billion is even better. Wee Won, the CEO of the company based in China, explained the deal by noting that since they cornered the real estate market in Manhattan, they might as well buy a baseball team.

QJL Columnists Hold Partisan Debate

Following the much-discussed forum at the Boca Raton Synagogue last month, where opinion columnists Yair Rosenberg and Ben Shapiro debated each other on anti-Semitism, the Young Israel of West Hempstown hosted its own event, where Moshe Hill and Sergey Kadinsky discussed last year’s political earthquake that awarded all Congressional seats on Long Island to the Republicans, the upcoming presidential elections, and Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to upzone the suburbs to accommodate demand for more housing.

WhatsApp has become the primary messaging service over the last few years. It has been able to replace SMS messaging, instant messaging, and even, to some extent, parts of email. People use WhatsApp to communicate overseas, with large groups, and even send blasts out to groups of unsuspecting recipients. It is therefore time that we go through the rules of what should be allowed, encouraged, or banned on WhatsApp.

NEW YORK NEWS

 House Majority PAC, the leading super PAC aligned with Congressional Democrats, is set to launch a $45 million fund aimed at regaining the House majority in next year’s elections by winning back four seats in New York that were flipped by Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections and targeting two other competitive districts. The move comes as New York has become a key battleground for both parties, with 6 of the 18 districts nationwide that President Biden won in 2020 now represented by Republicans. The massive Democratic infusion in New York would far exceed outside spending in recent election cycles and reflects the critical role the traditionally blue state has assumed in the national House battlefield. Mike Smith, president of the House Majority PAC, emphasized that “the path to the majority runs through New York,” adding that this perspective is shared not only by his group, but also by the Republican Party and donors across the country.

This week, in honor of Purim, I’m taking off.  Why not?  Who wants to work on Purim? 

So I handed off the responsibility of writing my article to a non-Jew – again, in honor of Purim.  Also, I’ve done this once before, and people loved it. 

Recap: An FBI agent came to their house to ask about the two Arab students in the aviation school.  Libby and Avi ask what this means and if they are in danger.  The man says that usually these things don’t amount to anything, but they are investigating these two men.