Opinion

ZOA is concerned that President Trump stated Tuesday that the U.S. will cut off all of the $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel at the end of 2026. This is almost two years earlier than provided for in the current U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which authorizes aid through the end of fiscal year 2028 (September 30, 2028).

A growing list of Jewish leaders and organizations has lined up behind Kathy Hochul for re-election. Sol Werdiger of Agudath Israel, Williamsburg Satmar figures such as Rabbi David Niederman and Rabbi Moshe Indig, and elements of the Crown Heights community have publicly backed her. The dominant reason is her decision to opt New York into the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program, which channels private donations, encouraged by a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit, through Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) to help with K-12 costs, including yeshiva tuition.

(Note: This article was written before any election results were announced.)

These images coming out of France earlier this week should be seen by every single New Yorker, as they are images of our future if we do nothing about it. The facade of protests about school funding collapsed when masked mobs turned large parts of France into a war zone. This is the inevitable result of massive social welfare combined with unrestricted migration of populations that do not share Western values. In short, this is what happens in 10 years when Democrats get everything they are demanding today.

The Uncomfortable Realities Of Political Influence, Communal Principles, And The Responsibility We All Share.

Few things magnify frustration, skepticism, and cynicism like an election. Endorsements trigger outrage. Political alliances invite suspicion. Everyone has an opinion.

In the three years since Hamas’s horrific massacre and kidnapping of Israelis on October 7, a dominant political narrative has taken shape on the American Left and around the world, similar to the narrative surrounding 9/11. It is essentially one that claims that while what happened then was unfortunate, it was ultimately deserved because of actions that preceded it, and what followed is completely unacceptable. The only “solution,” therefore, is to acquiesce to the demands of the attackers. There is a group on the Left, however, that openly rejects that sentiment: the October 8th Jews.