The Jackson Board of Education has accepted a $13.1 million bid from Bais Yaakov of Jackson (Bais Faiga), for the purchase of the Rosenauer Elementary School in the Brookwood neighborhood. The property is expected to undergo renovations and become the new high school campus for Bais Yaakov of Jackson students. For more on this story, click here.

At the Levaya of Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simcha hy”d, who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist while traveling on a bus on Wednesday night. He was returning from Beitar Illit where the last Sheva Brachos of his sister, who got married last Thursday, was held. For more on this story, click here.

It is the president-elect’s second time being named “person of the year,” the first time coming after his election win in 2016.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Read more on this story here.

Imagine Nancy Pelosi getting heckled non-stop during an interview? Well, you don’t have to use your imagination because it happened.

Well-known personality “Chaimo” welcoming NY Governor Kathy Hochul to Williamsburg today. Hochul is walking with Moshe Indig, a community activist in the Satmar (Kiryas Joel / Williamsburg) community.