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Bondi Beach hero, Ahmed al-Ahmed, pauses recovery plans, meetings due to new severe pain

Ahmed had arrived in New York earlier in the week to pursue the next stage of what he described as his "treatment journey." During his stay, he had appeared on multiple US TV shows.

NEW SOUTH WALES Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed al Ahmed, who was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars and seized a rifle from one of the gunmen during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.
Niv Sultan and Maor Schweitzer from Matchmaking 2

Michael Rapaport joins cast of Matchmaking 3, filming in Israel

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

US court rejects Mamdani's attempt to block real-estate deal involving Israeli-owned company

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestinian protest on the day of the two-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas, in New York City, US, October 7, 2025.

“Mayor Mamdani has to act before words turn into bullets”


Can Breads Bakery workers really demand that the Israeli owners cut ties with Israel?

Workers at Breads Bakery demanding the cutting of ties to Israel as part of a union push has triggered concerns among those worried about surging anti-Israel sentiment in the United States.

Patrons line out the door of Breads Bakery on Friday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Jerusalem Highlights: January 9-15

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Yosl Bergner, great painter.

My Word: Who, what, and where is next for Israel and the world? - opinion

Antisemitism morphed this century into anti-Zionism or anti-Israelism, evident from the UN-sponsored anti-Israel fest at the Durban Conference in September 2001, leading to the Bondi Beach massacre.

Israel's Iron Beam laser anti-missile interception system can potentially neutralize threats literally at the speed of light.

Democratic states sue Trump administration over childcare fund freeze

California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York challenged the administration's freezing of more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds based on alleged fraud.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent listen as National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 5, 2025.

'We support Hamas:' Activists protest Israeli real estate expo at Queens synagogue

Anti-Israel activists rally in Queens, calling for "intifada" in protest of an Israeli real estate event at a local yeshiva, accusing the Israeli company of "ethnic cleansing" and land theft.

Palestinian Assembly for Liberation calls for anti-Zionist protest at a yeshiva in Queens, New York City, January 8, 2026.

Jewish New Yorkers enter 2026 uneasy under Mayor Mamdani’s leadership

As New Yorkers brace for the year ahead, a pervasive sense of uncertainty looms over how policies under Mamdani’s administration will affect the city’s Jewish population.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

New York's Cooper Union settles campus antisemitism case, pledges reforms

Multiple Jewish students accused the private Manhattan college of fostering a hostile educational environment and neglecting to protect them from anti-Israel protests.

 Pro-Palestinian students and others gather outside of Cooper Union in Manhattan to protest the school's stance on Israel on May 09, 2024 in New York City.

'Curse all of you': Queens man indicted for threatening to kill Jews, Zionists, police

The X account, which also had the tag "BXSniper," also expressed animosity toward white people and US President Donald Trump, who was described as a devil and pedophile.

A Jewish family walks in Manhattan, NY, May 3, 2024.

Peter Beinart, Elliot Cosgrove and other Jewish leaders face off over the future of liberal Zionism

On Tuesday night in Manhattan, a group of prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers gathered to ask whether liberal Zionism is now collapsing.

Peter Beinart speaks at a panel on "The Jewish Tent at a Crossroads" in the sanctuary of  B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, Jan. 6, 2026. Others on the panel were, from left, moderator Rabbi Irwin Kula, Esther Sperber, Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove.

Employees of Tel Aviv bakery spinoff in NYC call for Jewish Israeli owners to cut Israeli ties

The new union is calling on the bakery’s operators, CEO Yonatan Floman and founder Gadi Peleg, to end Breads’ ties to Israel.

Breads Bakery in NYC

TASE welcomes New York’s Israeli founders in special opening ceremony

Nearly 500 Israeli startups are operating in New York, primarily in the sectors of cybersecurity, fintech, AI, digital health and proptech

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange hosted a special Opening Bell Ceremony with Israeli companies