Ideological divide surfaces between two emerging contenders to lead the United Nations

El-Sayed’s mob-backed PA

This morning's brief explores the Manama Dialogue, the Granoff family's New York City Marathon journey, and shifting dynamics in the U.N. secretary-general race amid regional security tensions.

Bahrain prepares to host Manama Dialogue amid economic, security disruptions

Bahrain is preparing to host senior diplomats and defense officials from around the world beginning Friday for the annual Manama Dialogue at a moment when the kingdom is grappling with the economic and security challenges tied to the war with Iran.  The three-day regional security conference, organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies,... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/daily-kickoff-doha-pays-cnn-semafor-play/">Read More</a>

Three generations of Granoffs line up for Sunday's New York City Marathon

Exactly 78.6 miles. That’s how many miles the Granoff family — Marty, 90; his son, Michael, 57, an American-Israeli tech entrepreneur; and his grandson Avi, 22 — will log on Sunday at the New York City Marathon, as the three generations pound the city streets running side by side by side. Marty, one of just... <a href="">Read More</a>

Smotrich, Ben-Gvir remain key parts of Netanyahu’s bloc despite widespread condemnation 

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s policies and rhetoric have been flashpoints for the current Israeli government in its relations with the world and Diaspora Jewry, sanctioned by several European countries that accused them of encouraging settler violence and a target of the Biden administration, which also considered punitive... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2022/10/jd-vance-tim-ryan-jewish-community-ohio-senate/">Read More</a>

El-Sayed super PAC gets $50K from firm in Armenian mob money-laundering scheme

The effort to elect Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed took in tens of thousands of dollars from a businessman entangled in an elaborate criminal plot involving an Armenian mob boss, a polygamous Mormon sect and tax fraud — a businessman still in hock to the feds for millions of dollars even as he and his... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/12/puka-nacua-robert-kraft-antisemitism-end-zone-dance/">Read More</a>