Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries reaffirmed the Democrats' commitment to the U.S.-Israel alliance following Israel's recent elections, which saw an extremist nationalist party rise.

Eric Adams, the incoming mayor of New York City, has rescheduled his inauguration ceremony from noon on Saturday, January 1st to the evening after Shabbat ends.

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, a key ally of Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, met with Orthodox leaders in Brooklyn to unify after a bitter primary battle.