Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman has been confirmed by the Senate as the new head of NASA. Isaacman, 42, is founder and CEO of the payment processing company Shiftd4, but has never worked at NASA or in the federal government. He will take control of the space agency from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who has served as NASA’s interim administrator since July. During his hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Isaacman said he [...]

Ben Cohen, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder accused parent company Unilever of blocking a proposed ice conviction became a defining cream flavor promoting solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, calling it a “corporate attack on free speech” and part of what he described as widespread “butt kissing” of President Donald Trump.

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy and son of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, is running to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler, currently serving New York’s 12th district on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Schlossberg, 32, is making Jewish security a central pillar of his campaign, pledging to introduce legislation to double federal funding for security upgrades at synagogues and other Jewish institutions. Schlossberg, raised Catholic, also identifies as Jewish and “occasionally” goes to services [...]

Melanie Shiraz represented Israel at the 2025 Miss Universe Competition held on Nov. 21 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was revealed later that her costume had been stolen shortly before the competition, and she had to quickly make a new one.

France posthumously promoted Alfred Dreyfus — the Jewish army captain whose 1894 treason scandal of French antisemitism — to brigadier general, 130 years after he was falsely accused.

Our own Judith K. Weiner heads the “Jews In The News” column this month with a burst of exhibits of her artwork, two in New York galleries and one on tour in Europe. Pictured, the artist at 57 Stanton, a new Lower East Side gallery collaboration with artist Shalom Neuman’s IF Museum and the Ilon Art Gallery, located uptown in Harlem. More of the artist’s work is on view at the Harlem art house, [...]

 Paramount has announced that it is acquiring The Free Press, a provocative news site known for criticizing mainstream media and left-leaning “woke” culture, and installing the publication’s co-founder, Bari Weiss, as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. “As of today [Oct. 6, 2025], I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations — shows like ‘60 Minutes’ and ‘Sunday Morning’ — and shaping how [...]

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler has announced his retirement From the U.S. House of Representatives. “It’s the right time to pass the torch to a new generation,” he said. The 78-year-old New Yorker, who has represented parts of Manhattan sand Brooklyn in a 33-year House career, is stepping aside amid a broader thirst for generational change in the Democratic Party. “When I step down at the end of this term, I will have served for 50 [...]

After 37 years at the helm, Anna Wintour has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, but will remain as Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast’s global chief content officer, overseeing other titles in the company. Chloe Malle, editor of Vogue.com, has been appointed as the new head of editorial content for Vogue U.S., reporting to Wintour. She is the American and French fashion journalist and editor, and is the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the [...]

In her 84-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who is Jewish, wrote that the Trump administration had illegally frozen more than $2.6 billion in federal funding to Harvard University over claims of antisemitism as a “smokescreen” to advance its political agenda.” “We must fight against antisemitism, but we equally need to protect our rights, including our right to free speech, and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the [...]