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California Doubles Jewish Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $80 Million
California Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders for providing a record $80 million per year to protect Jewish and other at-risk nonprofits in the 2024-2025 budget bill that will be passed later this week....
Florida Allocates $3.5M for Jewish Schools and Yeshiva Bus Transportation
Agudah's Florida Division advocates for Yeshiva bussing - Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature included a new $3.5 million grant to support busing for Jewish day school and yeshiva students during the 2024-2025 school year...
Construction Begins For An Offshore Wind Port Near Boro Park
This afternoon, Mayor Eric Adams visited the waterfront at 39th Street & 2nd Avenue, right near Boro Park, where a large offshore wind port is coming to the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park....
NJ Jewish Organizations Award Rep. Gottheimer With The 2024 Morris Katz Legacy Award
The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce recognized U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), the only Jewish member of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation, with the 2024 Morris Katz Award, highlighting Gottheimer’s work to introdu...
New York City, MTA Starts Crackdown on Ghost Car Drivers and Toll Violators
The MTA, which controls New York’s tolled Bridges and Tunnels and the New York City Police Department, along with regional law enforcement partners announced the results of a two-day interagency task force operation to remove ghost v...
Agudah Yisroel Mission To Washington DC During Critical Time
In a year like no other, Agudath Israel of America’s National Leadership Mission to Washington took on a heightened sense of urgency, with a diverse group of close to 70 delegates coming together in the nation’s capital to press th...
Rav Efrem Goldberg, Boca Raton Synagogue Lead Inspiring Visit To Eretz Yisroel
Rav Efrem Goldberg, Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue, along with community members led a delegation to Eretz Yisroel, visiting the IDF soldiers on the battlefields and on army basses and the Jewish communities on the border...
Frum Florida Family Return Home After Virginia Accident
Special Report - Yidden Helping Yidden - A Heimishe family who are part of the growing and expanding Frum chasseidishe community of Khal Ahavas Hashem in Tampa, Florida, were driving back home early Sunday from Monsey, NY....
U.S. Senator, Sheriff, Honor Chabad of Florida
United States Senator Rick Scott & Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno welcomed back Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Shliach of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida at a Private Ceremony from his Chizuk visit to Israel to support the IDF Sold...
Kosher Organizations Ask For a New ‘Equity Doctrine’ During the USDA Jewish Heritage Celebration
The USDA held Jewish American Heritage Month Celebrations at USDA Headquarters, in Washington D.C.. The event brought together key stakeholders to discuss trends, data points, and issues faced by kosher producers and processors, certif...
New Yorkers Can Now See Dublin In Real Time from Manhattan
A unique art installation, the Portal, has been unveiled in front of New York’s Flatiron Building in Manhattan this week, forging a real-time connection between the bustling streets of New York and the vibrant city of Dublin, Ireland...
New Congress Bill Would Ship Pro-Hamas Protestors To Gaza
Legislation to Deport to Gaza - Introduced bills in Congress would ship and deport pro-Hamas sympathizers, agitators, protestors and rioters arrested on a United States college campus to Gaza. “A Taste of What They Are Asking For” ...
NYC Reaches Agreement To Redevelop Brooklyn Waterfront
Standing along the Brooklyn waterfront, just west of Boro Park, Mayor Eric Adams, Governor Kathy Hochul, and officials of Port Authority of NY and NJ announced a new agreement to revitalize the 122-acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a ...