Following the Hamas attack on Israel, many feared last week whether they should send their children to school or not. At SAR Academy, however, more than 900 students, faculty, and staff joined in a Tefilot “On The Steps” prayer service for the people of Israel. more

Artificial intelligence has been quickly taking the world by storm, so it was only a matter of time before the New York City government started to make use of it. For the first time in the country, there is an AI tool specifically for business owners to use to obtain resources and links, and get immediate answers to all of their business-related questions, according to Mayor Eric Adams. more

Since Hamas launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the death toll on both sides has reached more than  4,400 people as of Tuesday. It is because of that bloodshed that several members of Congress are calling on the Biden Administration to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire and to send humanitarian aid assistance to Gaza. more

Simchat Torah should have been a day of joyous celebration, dancing and singing, but it was instead filled with grief, shock and mourning over the hundreds killed in Hamas’ strikes on Israel just a day prior. more

Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale — The Bayit found himself with family members in Israel celebrating his wife Toby’s 80th birthday last weekend. more

Many on Saturday woke to shocking footage on their TVs of buildings in Israel tumbling apart from Hamas missiles and women and children being kidnapped and tortured by Hamas militants. more

Together for Kingsbridge Working Group may have finally gotten the long-awaited RFP it has hoped for regarding the redevelopment of the historic Kingsbridge Armory, but one community group is not so happy. more

The head of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa and Waldo Garden residents led a Sept. 24 rally over former Manhattan College dorm Overlook Manor potentially transforming into a shelter for asylum seekers. The rally was met by counter-protestors who stood against Sliwa’s rhetoric and stood in solidarity with migrants. more

To the editor: As district leaders for our community, we are writing to remind our fellow neighbors about the upcoming election season. It is essential that we all actively participate in the … more

More than six years ago civil rights attorney Clarence Jones turned on the television and what he saw on the news troubled him. A group of young white men in Charlottesville, Virginia, were carrying torches in the street and chanting, “the Jews will not replace us.” more