Style & Living

President Donald Trump and his administration have long been on a path to diminish Palestinian declarations of statehood. The Trump administration recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel, and in a historic move relocated the American embassy to Yerushalayim. David Friedman, US Ambassador to Israel, is recognized for engaging the White House on such a transference, and must be commended for his painstaking efforts since assuming his position.

The recent comments by freshman Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib during a podcast have been discussed thoroughly in the Jewish, and non-Jewish, community. Tlaib, who spun an ahistorical lie that the surviving Jews of the Holocaust were welcomed with open arms by her Palestinian ancestors, has her defenders in the Democratic Party. The nefarious aspect of the defense tactics is not claiming that she is right; rather, they attack the criticizers themselves. By doing this, their goal is to silence their opponents, and this silence has a history all its own.

“Not only one has risen against us to annihilate us, but in every generation they rise against us to annihilate us.” These words, recited during the most emotional point of the Pesach Seder, still ring true, despite the incredible freedoms American Jews enjoy. Six months after the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, last week another shooting occurred at the Chabad in Poway, California. A few days earlier, The New York Times published a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depicted as a big-nosed dog with a Jewish star necklace leading a yarmulke-wearing, blind President Trump. Anti-Semitism rears its ugly head in many forms, and American Jews must be knowledgeable of who our enemies are and where they come from if we are to continue to survive.

New York

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams suspended his re-election bid, less than five weeks before Election Day, citing relentless media scrutiny and a Campaign Finance Board decision to withhold millions in funds that hampered fundraising efforts.

Recap: Evie’s mother informs her that they are moving to Utah and they’ll be staying with her Aunt Ruthie. Evie doesn’t want to move, but she does see this as an opportunity to ask Aunt Ruthie about her father.

The “Ohel Family Center” In Lawrence, New York

LAWRENCE, NY, September 18, 2025 –Ohel celebrated the launch of the new Ohel Family Center – an expansion of pre-vocational and day habilitation programs located at 359 Central Avenue in Lawrence. This center offers programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities as well as programs and educational seminars designed for parents of all children, both those typically developing and those with disabilities.