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 State Republicans formally nominated Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman as their candidate for governor in the 2026 election during the state party convention.

TCOP graduates attain 93% first-time pass rate, ranking first among NYC schools and in the top 25% nationally

NEW YORK, NY –  (February 10, 2026) –  Touro College of Pharmacy (TCOP) has achieved its highest-ever North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) first-time pass rate, with 93% of graduates successfully passing on their initial attempt. This historic achievement places TCOP first among all New York City pharmacy schools, second in New York State, and significantly above both state and national averages.

Recap: Evie’s mother brings Jake and his daughter to Friday night dinner at Rikki’s house. It turns out that Maggie is his adopted daughter. Junie is still not found, but there is a good possible clue.

 Rikki took the phone. “Oh, I see. Okay. Thank you.”