Day: August 6, 2025

Sacred prayer book and Torah scroll return home to memorial honoring Russia’s forgotten Jewish soldiers By: Mendel Scheiner Old, sturdy timber beams line the walls of the Soldiers’ Synagogue in the western Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, its ornate window frames topped by Stars of David carved over a century ago. Built out of wood […]

Entrenched in the Sahel, Russia is making a push for influence in Togo, according to a report by the Critical Threats Project.

A new report from Realtor.com found that the required salary to buy a median-priced home continues outpacing what a typical household brings in.

By: Shlomo Katz The haftarah opens: “Nachamu, nachamu” / “Comfort, comfort My people – says your G-d. Speak to the heart of Yerushalayim and proclaim to her that her time [of exile] has been fulfilled, that her iniquity has been conciliated, for she has received from the hand of Hashem double for all her sins.” […]

By: Fern Sidman On Thursday, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) issued a sweeping demand for transparency from Harvard University, calling on interim President Alan Garber to release a full accounting of the institution’s ties to entities affiliated with the People’s Republic […]

By: Jerome Brookshire Brown University announced on Wednesday that it had reached a $50 million settlement with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding that had been suspended earlier this year amid allegations of campus antisemitism. The deal, which was revealed in a public statement by the Ivy League institution, follows similar agreements made […]

By: Fern Sidman The global cybersecurity industry witnessed a watershed moment this week with the announcement that Palo Alto Networks, the Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity giant founded by American-Israeli entrepreneur Nir Zuk, will acquire Israeli identity security leader Cyber Ark in a deal valued at $25 billion. The acquisition represents not only the largest corporate […]