• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding House and Senate briefings this morning before meeting this afternoon with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud.
• The New York City Council will elect its next speaker today. Councilmember Julie Menin, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, announced last month she’d garnered support from a supermajority of councilmembers. Read our report on Menin — and the counterweight she is expected to be to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda — here.
• Mamdani’s first major test with the Jewish community could come as soon as this evening, when PAL-Awda, the group behind the November protest outside a synagogue that was hosting a Nefesh B’Nefesh event about immigrating to Israel, is slated to protest another event hosted by NBN tonight in Manhattan.
• Elsewhere in Manhattan, the annual Colel Chabad International Awards Gala is taking place tonight. Russian-Israeli entrepreneur Yitzchak Mirilashvili, Heather and Joe Sarachek, Sara and Harry Krakowski and Lauren and Martin Tabaksblat are set to be honored at the event. Also slated to be honored is Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Syrian immigrant to Australia who helped disarm one of the Bondi Beach terrorists during last month’s terror attack in Sydney.
• The Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center is holding a panel discussion this morning at its Washington headquarters on the future of humanitarian assistance. Speakers include IsraAID CEO Yotam Polizer, Zipline Africa’s Caitlin Burton, DAI’s Tine Knott and UNICEF USA’s Patrick Quirk

A QUICK WORD WITH JI’S Tamara ziEVE AND MATTHEW SHEA

At the conclusion of the 12-day war in June of last year, both Israel and Iran suspected that the ceasefire brokered by the U.S. would be a pause, not a final cessation of hostilities. That truce has lasted for more than six months, with both sides wary of entering another military conflict — one likely to be more deadly and destructive than the first. 

But now, amid destabilizing world events from Venezuela to the Middle East — compounded by growing domestic pressure on the Islamic Republic amid nationwide protests — that ceasefire is even more tenuous, with officials in Tehran and Jerusalem closely watching the other’s every move, careful not to make a potentially disastrous miscalculation — even as both sides make overtures at de-escalation.

Speaking at the Knesset on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “President [Donald] Trump and I have expressed a firm stance — we won’t allow Iran to rebuild its ballistic missile industry or to renew the nuclear program, which we damaged severely in Operation Rising Lion.”

In response, Iran’s newly formed Defense Council warned on Tuesday that the country could act preemptively if it detects clear signs of a threat. “The long-standing enemies of this land … are pursuing a targeted approach by repeating and intensifying threatening language and interventionist statements in clear conflict with the accepted principles of international law, which is aimed at dismembering our beloved Iran and harming the country’s identity,” the council said.

Recent reports suggest that Israel, in an attempt to de-escalate tensions, has used Moscow as an intermediary, communicating through Russian President Vladimir Putin that it has no intention of launching a preemptive strike on Iranian soil. Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are unconvinced. 

In a post on X, Khamenei accused Israel of deception: “What makes the enemy first request a ceasefire during [12-day] war with the Iranian nation, then send messages saying he doesn’t want to fight us?” 

“Now if he doesn’t believe the messaging and thinks that Israel is about to attack then you can understand why Israel is worried Iran is about to miscalculate and attack. Very tense days/weeks ahead of us,” Nadav Pollak, a lecturer on the Middle East at Reichman University, commented on Khamenei’s post.

Read the rest of ‘What You Should Know’ here.

• It’s primary day in New Jersey. More below on the state’s gubernatorial primaries.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is testifying before the House Appropriations Committee this morning, alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. It’s the first of three hearings Hegseth is slated to sit for this week, and the first since the “Signalgate” incident in which Hegseth and others, including Vice President JD Vance, discussed plans for a strike on Houthi targets in Yemen in a group chat that included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg.
• Also this morning, the House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing on “U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa” with CENTCOM Commander Gen. Erik Kurilla, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe testifies before the House Intelligence Committee.
• This afternoon, former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom and the American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin will discuss human rights in Turkey at a hearing being convened by the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
• We’re also keeping an eye on the Knesset, where Israel’s opposition is expected to put forward a vote tomorrow to dissolve the government, which would trigger new elections. The motion is likely to pass only if the Haredi parties that are part of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition break with the prime minister over Haredi military conscription.

A QUICK WORD WITH MATTHEW KASSEL

As New Jersey’s competitive gubernatorial primary takes place today, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) looks like the front-runner in the crowded Democratic field but without much public polling and a late flurry of advertising, there’s still a considerable amount of uncertainty as to who will emerge as the nominee in the six-way race.  

Sherrill, a military veteran who has represented a suburban north New Jersey seat since 2018, is the favorite of many Democratic Party officials and has been leading in the limited public polling of the race. The congresswoman has also been one of the top fundraisers in the field, along with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), who has been courting support from the state’s sizable Jewish community.

“Josh has been betting on the Jewish community coming out strong, and there is a realistic possibility that if new voters emerge in places like Lakewood, which is the fifth-largest city in New Jersey now, it could play a decisive role,” one Jewish community activist, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the primary, told Jewish Insider on Monday.

Read the rest of ‘What You Should Know’ here.

Tunnel Visions: The New York Times’ Isabel Kershner interviews former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov about the religious journey he experienced while in Hamas captivity in Gaza. “A few days into his captivity, he said, he began to speak to God. He made vows. He began to bless whatever food he was given. And he had requests — some of which he believes were answered. ‘You are looking for something to lean on, to hold onto,’ Mr. Shem Tov said in a recent interview at his family home in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. ‘The first place I went to was God. I would feel a power enter me,’ he said. … Mr. Shem Tov, who turned 22 in captivity, said he had always had faith, but had never been religiously observant. Many other released hostages have spoken of similar experiences, finding solace and the strength to survive by connecting or reconnecting with God and recalling oft-forgotten Jewish rituals.” [NYTimes]

Tug-of-War on Tehran: Politico’s Rachael Bade and Felicia Schwartz look at the behind-the-scenes efforts by both the isolationist wing of the GOP and Iran hawks to impact President Donald Trump’s final decision on how to address Iran. “The private lobbying and public sniping highlight a vast breach in the GOP over U.S. foreign policy just months into Trump’s first term. While many hawkish members of the old guard have viewed [Mideast envoy Steve] Witkoff’s diplomatic effort with skepticism, the more restrained wing of the party has been adamant about defusing tensions with Tehran. In the middle of the tug-of-war is Trump, who ran on a promise of ending what his followers see as endless U.S. foreign adventurism and war.” [Politico]

Doctor Without Borders: In The New Yorker, Eyal Press spotlights Israeli-Arab Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, who in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks traveled to treat survivors of the massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri, about her experiences as a medical provider of Palestinian descent treating Israelis in a post-Oct. 7 environment. “But Qasem Hassan wasn’t going anywhere, even as she acknowledged feeling increasingly isolated, not only from her Jewish peers but also from some of her fellow Palestinians, including family members. Her older brother, a successful economist, and her sister, a government lawyer, have repeatedly warned her that her outspokenness could damage not only her career but theirs. … [S]he had sometimes asked herself if going to the Dead Sea after October 7th had been the right decision. She ultimately decided that she was proud of it. She told me, ‘I did it for myself, because it put to the test the idea I was raised on — that all people are equal and that human pain is universal.’” [NewYorker]

The Justice Department is suing an Oakland, Calif., coffeehouse and its Palestinian owner over a 2024 incident in which a man wearing a yarmulke was denied service and asked to leave the premises…

NBC News reports on the White House’s struggle to hire Pentagon staff to work under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, amid broader tensions between the administration and Hegseth, who was reportedly instructed to cancel a trip to the Middle East because the itinerary included a stop in Israel…

A new poll by the Pew Research Center found that the global Jewish population increased by 1 million between 2010-2020, to 15 million; Pew noted that the total number of Jews in the world is still less than the pre-World War II number of 16.5 million…

Solidarity PAC, a pro-Israel super PAC in New York City, is backing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as its top choice for mayor and urging supporters not to rank Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the primary, according to a new voter guide shared first with JI…

The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition announced it is supporting Cuomo, saying in a statement that the election “presents a stark and urgent choice for Jewish voters”…

Ken Moelis will step down from his eponymous investment bank later this year; Moelis, who launched the firm in 2007, will be succeeded by co-founder Navid Mahmoodzadegan, the bank’s co-president…

The New Yorker spotlights television writer Gertrude Berg, whose 1950s show “The Goldbergs,” about a midcentury Jewish family in the Bronx, was among the first family sitcoms…

Police in Ottawa, Canada, are investigating the vandalism of the city’s National Holocaust Monument that took place earlier this week…

The family of Israeli hostage Matan Angrest released video taken from his capture on Oct. 7, 2023; in the video, Angrest’s limp body is seen being tossed off a tank into the arms of terrorists…

The New York Times interviews former hostage Liat Beinin Atzili, who was released from captivity in November 2023 and whose husband, Aviv, was killed in the Oct. 7 attack…

Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Israel last night, traveling to the Western Wall in Jerusalem shortly after landing…

Climate activist Greta Thunberg departed Israel on an El Al flight to France on Tuesday morning, a day after the boat she and other activists had attempted to sail to Gaza was intercepted by Israeli forces…

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said that Iran’s announcement that it had obtained information about an Israeli nuclear program appeared to refer to Israel’s Soreq Nuclear Research Center, which operates under the IAEA’s supervision…

Israel’s navy conducted strikes against Houthi targets in the Yemeni port of Hodeida, the first time Israel has attacked the Iran-backed group from the sea…

Iran expanded its ban on dog-walking — first instituted in Tehran in 2019 — to several major cities around the country; Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had previously called dog ownership “reprehensible”…

The Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Okla., announced a new initiative, the Elson Israel Fellowship, aimed at making the city a center for Israel-related thought. The four inaugural fellows are: World Zionist Organization advisor Avi Gamulka, eJewishPhilanthropy’s Judah Ari Gross, author and educator Sarah Sassoon and community organizer and researcher Barak Sella…

The board of trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America elected Gary Torgow, a Detroit-based philanthropist and board president of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, as the group’s chair…

Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) spoke at a ceremony on Monday to rename the Delray Beach post office after Ben Ferencz, who led post-World War II Nuremberg prosecutions of Nazis. Read more about Frankel’s yearslong effort to honor Ferencz here.

Author of award-winning books about her experiences before, during and after the Holocaust, Aranka Davidowitz Siegal turns 95… 

Journalist and author, Jeff Greenfield turns 82… Musician, producer, composer and conductor for film and television, Randy Edelman turns 78… Physical therapist at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Andrea Sachs… Cathy Farbstein Miller… Senior director of communications for CoGenerate, Stefanie Weiss… Former attorney general and later governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer turns 66… Director of business development at Evergreen Benefits Group, Avi H. Goldfeder… Blogger and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, Neil Steinberg turns 65… Film, television and stage actress, Gina Gershon turns 63… President and CEO of JINSA, Michael Makovsky… Actress and the older sister of comedian Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman turns 59… Israeli film and TV actress, Avital Abergel turns 48… Veteran of nine NFL seasons as an offensive tackle, he is now the athletic director of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif., Mike Rosenthal turns 48… VP of strategic partnerships at the Birthright Israel Foundation and director of community education at NYC’s Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Rabbi Daniel Kraus… Professor at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, Yascha Mounk turns 43… Economic commentator on Israeli television, Matan Hodorov turns 40… Publisher of The New York Sun and CEO of The Algemeiner, Dovid Efune… Actor, producer, writer and director, Joseph Paul “Joey” Zimmerman turns 39… CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, Tyler Gregory… Singer, composer and entertainer, Simcha Leiner turns 36… CEO of Encounter Programs, Yona Shem-Tov… Belgian singer and songwriter, known as “Blanche,” Ellie Blanche Delvaux turns 26…

• Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s day to memorialize fallen soldiers and victims of terror, begins today at sundown. At 8 p.m. local time and again tomorrow morning, a siren will sound across the country.
• The House Homeland and Armed Services Committees will hold reconciliation markups today.
• The American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum wraps up in New York today. More below.

A QUICK WORD WITH JI’S JOSH KRAUSHAAR

President Donald Trump is facing growing political backlash to his aggressive agenda and executive actions, according to a flurry of new polling marking his 100th day in office. His job approval average has dipped to 44% (down from 52% when he took office), according to Nate Silver’s polling tracker, with sizable majorities now disapproving of his handling of the economy as well as many other pressing voter concerns.

The polling finds that even on issues Trump touted on the campaign trail to win support — tackling illegal immigration, providing economic security for the working class, targeting government waste and fighting antisemitism — the chaotic policy execution and championing of extreme solutions has sapped him of badly needed political capital. 

The New York Times/Siena survey released last weekend finds that a majority of Americans (54%) believe Trump is exceeding the powers available to him as president, while only 43% believe he’s abiding within constitutional norms.

All told, the polling paints a picture of an administration that correctly identified the challenges the country faces, but has badly misdiagnosed the right solutions, Jewish Insider Editor-in-Chief Josh Kraushaar writes.

A few examples from the NYT/Siena survey: Even as most Americans favor tougher crackdowns on illegal immigration, only 10% said they favored sending U.S. criminals to jail in El Salvador, just 17% support deporting immigrants who protested Israel and just 32% approve of the administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Trump’s overall approval rating on immigration, once his strongest issue, is now underwater in most national polls.

While there’s been a populist undercurrent in the country in recent decades, Americans are nonetheless worried that Trump’s imposition of tariffs will only make the economy worse: A 56% majority said Trump’s tariff policies have “gone too far,” while only 8% said they haven’t gone far enough. All told, as economic experts warn of a possible recession amid stock market volatility, over half of Americans (55%) now disapprove of Trump’s economic performance, a marked reversal from his first term. 

On foreign policy, only 40% of respondents said they approve of Trump’s handling of international conflicts, and just 35% expressed approval of his handling of the war between Russia and Ukraine. And more Americans said they prioritize maintaining important relationships with allies (52%) rather than making sure other countries are paying their fair share (44%). 

And on the antisemitism front, the NYT/Siena poll findsthat only one-third of respondents favor withholding federal funds from certain universities, while 58% oppose Trump’s hardball tactics against such schools.

The results from the NYT/Siena poll, consistent with other national surveys, underscore that Trump misread his political mandate, assuming the views of his base matched the mood of the persuadable voters that swung his way. The new polling shows Trump has lost particularly significant ground since the election with Hispanics and Gen Z voters — two groups whose surprising levels of support secured Trump’s second term.

And while Democrats are facing historically low favorability ratings of their own amid a party-wide identity crisis, when voters are asked to look ahead to the 2026 midterms, they hold a three-point lead on the congressional ballot (47-44%). It’s a sign of how far Trump has fallen in the three months since his inauguration.

Going Radical in Pittsburgh: Tablet’s Armin Rosen does a deep dive into the background of Talya Lubit, a Jewish anti-Zionist activist who along with Mohamad Hamad is facing federal charges tied to the vandalism of a Pittsburgh Chabad. “If Lubit became an anti-Israel radical, it did not happen as the sole result of anything she did or experienced at Dickinson [College] — just as it didn’t happen only because of her parents’ divorce, or the influence of her conspiratorial stepfather, or her horror at Israeli conduct in Gaza, or a romantically self-sacrificing male influence like Hamad. She was radicalized for reasons that are both convenient and inconvenient. Thousands of civilians really have died in Gaza, for instance, though the great majority of people who care about this fact, including ones who blame Israel for every single one of those deaths, haven’t vandalized a synagogue in response. At some point, Lubit’s sympathy for the vulnerable and her insistence on bold truth-telling devoured her sense of judgement and proportion. Long before that, she was a sociable person with a contrarian and humanistic streak who never really fit in. As one college classmate put it, ‘she is someone who I think is always looking for community and has been pushed away.’” [Tablet]

The Oldest Hatred, Anew: In The Washington Post, Clive Gillenson considers the millennia-old existence of antisemitism. “In the end, no theory can fully explain antisemitism, because it is not based on a rational cause. It adapts to each era’s anxieties and insecurities. When Jews are poor, they are despised as beggars; when they are rich, as exploiters; when they are religious, they are portrayed as fanatics; when they are secular, they are dangerous radicals. In every situation, antisemites have no problem adapting their prejudices. Thus, antisemitism, if it is about the need to have someone else to blame, may well not be about Jews at all. Jews have survived because they have no choice but to survive, and in doing so, they have outlasted every empire, ideology and movement that sought to erase them. Perhaps antisemitism still exists only because humanity has so often needed it.” [WashPost]

Class Crisis: The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Hennessey laments the decline of respectful and thoughtful engagement across the political and media spectrums. “Personal qualities once synonymous with good character have fallen so far out of fashion as to seem like rumors from an ancient age. Did athletes really once accept defeat with dignity? Did people really restrain themselves from saying everything that popped into their heads? Did known philanderers refrain from trying to mount political comebacks? Did ex-presidents stay out of the limelight as a courtesy to their successors? Yes, kids, there was a time when prominent people were expected to exhibit grace. You couldn’t smack someone in the face on the Oscars broadcast and expect to resume your career in Hollywood. Shooting a CEO in cold blood earned you no fans. … Let it be acknowledged that the good old days weren’t all class, all the time. Politics, in particular, has always rewarded a degree of ruthlessness. Some of history’s greatest monsters hid their depravity behind a smile. But it was long said that hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. There was something laudable about the impulse to couch vulgarity with an apology. It seems we’ve lost even that.” [WSJ]

President Donald Trump sat for a wide-ranging interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer weeks after Goldberg was included on a Signal thread with senior Trump administration officials who discussed plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen…

An F-18 fighter jet fell off the USS Harry S. Truman and sank in the Red Sea after the aircraft carrier was forced to make a sharp turn to avoid a missile that had been fired by the Iran-backed Houthis…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won the country’s federal elections on Monday, beating the Conservative Party and its leader, Pierre Poilievre, who is also projected to lose his own seat in Parliament…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators reached a compromise over proposed legislation around the use of face masks; the state will create a new charge for individuals who commit a crime while wearing a mask or flee the scene of a crime while masked…

House committees are beginning work this week on Republicans’ reconciliation package, the massive federal budget bill that would implement key elements of the Trump administration’s agenda, including extending tax cuts and implementing budget increases and reductions across the federal government, Jewish Insider’s Marc Rod reports…

Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) launched her bid for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)…

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who had battled esophageal cancer, announced he will not seek reelection in 2026 following the disease’s return; Connolly said he will “soon” step down from his position as ranking member of the House Oversight Committee…

The New York Times profiles Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, as he and his supporters advocate for a “Resistance 2.0” approach to the Trump administration…

Justice Democrats is backing a primary challenger to Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District as the far-left group looks to target Democrats in the upcoming congressional elections cycle… 

A new book by The Wall Street Journal’s Keach Hagey revealed that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mulled running for political office, including president and governor of California; Altman has denied the claims…

House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) wrote to Northwestern University President Michael Schill on Monday summoning him to appear before the committee for a transcribed interview about alleged failures to protect Jewish students, nearly a year after he gave testimony at a committee hearing, Jewish Insider’s Marc Rod reports…

Harvard University rebranded its office of diversity, equity and inclusion as the Office of Community and Campus Life, headed by the school’s former chief diversity officer, whose new title will be chief community and campus life officer, amid growing tensions between the school and the Trump administration over Harvard’s handling of antisemitism…

Nike apologized for a recent billboard positioned at the end of the London Marathon that read “Never Again. Until Next Year,” following an outcry from Jewish communal leaders over the company’s use of the term, which is often associated with Holocaust remembrance…

Kiss’ Gene Simmons listed his Beverly Hills home for nearly $14 million; the musician purchased the home for $10.5 million in 2021…

The Wall Street Journal spotlights Brandon Shorenstein, who took over his family’s San Francisco-based property company shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic and has overseen it through years of market upheaval…

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in London on Monday…

International Criminal Court judges informed Karim Khan, the court’s chief prosecutor, that he cannot publicize or announce his pursuance of warrants for Israeli officials; the move comes ahead of plans by Khan to seek additional arrest warrants for Israeli officials, following the issuance last year of warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant…

Shin Bet head Ronen Bar said he will step down from his position on June 15, amid a public and polarizing clash with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who tried to dismiss him in March, a move which was suspended by the Supreme Court…

Turkish Airlines, Pegasus and Virgin Atlantic will not resume direct flights to Israel; Virgin Atlantic will maintain its codeshare partnership with El Al despite the cessation of its own flights…

Iran proposed a meeting with British, French and German officials in Rome later this week, ahead of the next scheduled nuclear talks between Iranian and American negotiators…

The Financial Times looks at how Iran is addressing ground subsidence that is increasingly causing safety and infrastructure issues around the country…

The New York Times reports on distrust among the Kurdish population in Syria about the new government, backed by Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham, with which the Kurds’ Syrian Democratic Forces have previously battled in northeastern Syria…

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (right) met this week in Tel Aviv with Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja.

Israeli-born, NYC resident, stand-up comedian, actor and sometimes chazan, Modi Rosenfeld turns 55…

Nobel Prize-winning economist, professor at MIT, known for his analysis of Social Security policy, Peter Diamond turns 85… Co-founder of the NYSE-traded homebuilding company Toll Brothers, Bruce E. Toll turns 82… Retired U.S. senator (D-MI), she completed her 24 years in the Senate this past January, Debbie Stabenow turns 75… Marcy Smith… SVP of communications and journalist in residence at University of Maryland Global Campus, Michael Freedman… Comedian, actor, writer, producer and director, he is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the 180 episodes of the sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry Seinfeld turns 71… London-born actor with three Academy Awards for best actor, knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2014, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis turns 68… Sportscaster, best known as the radio and television play-by-play announcer for MLB’s New York Mets, Gary Cohen turns 67… Co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, Marc Bernays Randolph turns 67… Israeli diplomat, she was Israel’s ambassador to Latvia and then to Ireland, Lironne Bar Sadeh turns 66… Former NYC comptroller, now a candidate for mayor of NYC, Scott M. Stringer turns 65… CEO and chairman of 20th Century Fox until its acquisition by Disney, Stacey Snider turns 64… CEO of the United Democracy Project, Rob Bassin… Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, he is the author of many books including Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely turns 58… NYC-based award-winning artist who works with sound, kinetics, optics, magnetism and other materials to make sculptures and photographs, Julianne Swartz turns 58… Film and television actor, Paul Adelstein turns 56… Executive at a NYC-based investment management firm, Bennett J. Schachter turns 50… Minister of environmental protection in Israel’s prior government, Tamar “Tami” Zandberg turns 49… SVP of the Leon Levine Foundation and director of operations for the Levine family office, Justin Steinschriber… Israeli model and actress, she has appeared in many American movies, TV shows and advertisements, Bar Paly turns 43… Director of the office of government relations at the Smithsonian Institution, Anne Brachman… Commercial, industrial and residential real estate developer in the Mid-Atlantic region, Samuel A. Neuberger… Director of government affairs for Teach Coalition, Daniel Mitzner… Baseball pitcher for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Jonathan de Marte turns 32… Surfer, she represented Israel at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, Anat Lelior turns 25…