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Adirei HaTorah on Monday evening announced the upcoming Maamad Adirei HaTorah, the fourth in this extraordinary series of events celebrating the true kavod haTorah and the eternal mesorah passed from father to son. The maamad is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Yud Beis Sivan, June 8, and will once again serve as a powerful expression of achdus, hisorerus, and chizuk for lomdei Torah and their supporters. Organizers say they look forward to once again joining together with the olam haTorah in a display of achdus, hakaras hatov, and renewed chizuk for the bnei Torah and lomdei hayeshivos. More information will be shared in the coming days. The three previous iterations of the now-annual Adirei Hatorah maamad all took place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

An appeals court on Monday cleared the way for billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at three federal agencies, a win for the Trump administration as the underlying lawsuit plays out. In a split ruling, the three-judge panel blocked a lower court decision that halted DOGE access at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction last month in federal court in Baltimore, saying the government failed to adequately explain why DOGE needed the information to perform its job duties.

The Trump administration is now permitted to proceed with deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under the authority of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, following a Supreme Court ruling on Monday that overturned a lower court’s decision which had halted those deportations.
In a narrow 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court sided with the administration, stating that the government had a strong chance of ultimately prevailing in a legal challenge pending in a Washington, DC federal court regarding the expulsion of five Venezuelan nationals under the historic law.
“The detainees are confined in Texas, so venue is improper in the District of Columbia,” the majority opinion, issued by the court’s conservative bloc, stated.

NEW YORK — Manhattan’s controversial congestion pricing program will likely continue through at least the fall, following a legal agreement

At two major gatherings—one in Ashdod marking the start of bein hazmanim and another at the Ichud Bnei HaYeshivos Conference in Ashkelon—HaGaon Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, addressed pressing issues facing Torah Jewry, including the complex and sensitive matter of yeshiva students’ status regarding military conscription.
Rav Hirsch called on bnei Torah to maintain the nobility and standards of the yeshiva world, especially during the bein hazmanim break. In his address, he offered a rare glimpse into the discreet, behind-the-scenes efforts led by roshei yeshiva and members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in dealing with the current crisis surrounding the draft.

The United States Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge to New York State’s 2022 firearm regulations, effectively allowing the laws to remain in place. The rules include tightened requirements for obtaining concealed-carry permits and bans on bringing firearms into locations such as public transportation, parks, and densely populated areas.
Without issuing any explanation, the justices dismissed the appeal brought by six New Yorkers who argued that the laws violate the Second Amendment and contradict recent Supreme Court decisions that expanded protections for gun ownership.

If we read one more article offering some brilliant, sweeping solution to the shidduch crisis that no actual individual can implement, we might just scream. You know the type: “Stop all 19-year-old girls from dating!” “Force all 21-year-old boys to start dating!” “Get tall girls to marry short boys!” “Get younger boys to marry older girls!”—and so on. The theories might be interesting, but let’s face it: none of us regular folks are in a position to singlehandedly rewrite the system. So no need to brace yourself—we’re not here with another grand solution. We’re here to rant about a part of dating that people can actually fix.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a task force to focus on the issue. Also on Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is reviewing “new scientific information” on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water. Kennedy told The Associated Press of his plans after a news conference in Salt Lake City. Utah last month became the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, pushing past opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warned the move would lead to medical problems that disproportionately affect low-income communities. Republican Gov.