New York – Shuly Rubin Schwartz, the first woman to serve as Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), has announced she will step down at the end of the 2025–2026 academic year. Appointed in 2020, she has led the Conservative movement’s flagship academic and rabbinical institution during a period marked by significant global and […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has sparked widespread criticism after he was seen smoking cigars with controversial internet personality Sneako—an influencer known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories—during an interview at the official mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion. Adams, who is campaigning for re-election under the ballot line “EndAntiSemitism”, has previously championed measures to combat antisemitism, […]

US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Comparison is ‘outrageous’ and offensive to survivors New York, 2025 — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has strongly condemned a comparison made by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani between the term “Globalise the Intifada” and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during the Second World War. The controversy emerged after […]

WASHINGTON, 8 June 2025 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump has warned tech mogul Elon Musk of facing “very serious consequences” if the billionaire attempts to penalise Republican lawmakers who back a contentious federal spending bill currently being debated in Congress. The fallout marks a dramatic rupture in the once-powerful alliance between the president and […]