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 New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced budget cuts of billions of dollars in response to the rising costs associated with the influx of tens of thousands of migrants into the city. All city agencies will have to reduce spending by 5% starting in November and 15% by the following spring; although no layoffs are planned, a hiring freeze is expected. These steep budget cuts, among the largest in years, are projected to impact various sectors, including public schools, the NYPD, the fire department, sanitation, and more.

The Book of Life is sealed on Yom Kippur, and if there was ever an example in recent history demonstrating the precarious status of Jewish lives, it was 50 years ago, when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel. It shattered the confidence of the Jewish state, tested its alliance with the United States, increased Cold War tensions, and it led to the resignation of Golda Meir, the country’s first woman leader.

We had the great honor of marketing a lovely apartment in Jerusalem’s Sha’are Chesed neighborhood for the estate of Yehuda Avner. Standing in Avner’s office and viewing numerous photos of him with leading world leaders felt like I was taking a stroll through the history of the State of Israel.

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 A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit against Unilever on the grounds that the company was not required to immediately disclose the decision made by its Ben & Jerry’s unit to cease ice cream sales in Israeli territory beyond the 1949 armistice lines (the “Green Line”).

Recap: Hope takes Bonnie to Rivkah’s house and the girls are introduced to baking challah with the Jacobsons. Mrs. Jacobson invites the girls for Friday night dinner. Hope would love to go but doubts Mrs. Bowers will let her. She probably has to work at the Five and Dime store then.

As the September 12 special election approaches, the 27th district of the NYS Assembly stands at a crossroads. Republican David Hirsch emerges as a beacon of hope, ready to address our community's needs in Albany.