Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 28, 2026. In today’s top stories, U.S. news highlights a concerning uptick in violence against the political right, including incidents involving President Trump, following years when right-wing attacks were more prevalent. The Supreme Court is set to rule on the Trump administration’s ability to end […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 26, 2026. Today’s top stories include a dramatic incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where a gunman charged toward the ballroom, leading to his arrest. This comes as the Southern Poverty Law Center faces scrutiny regarding the ethics of its undercover operatives within extremist […]

April 27

399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death
penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come
some Jews would study Socrates and other Greeks, in many cases trying to find a
harmony between Judaism …

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 24, 2026. In today’s top stories, domestically, the Trump administration has moved to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, though public opinion on its effects remains divided. Tensions continue with Iran, with the U.S. and Iran wrangling over the Strait of Hormuz and […]

April 24

70:
During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions broke through
Jerusalem’s middle wall but were driven back by the Jewish defenders. 

396:
As conditions for the Jews in the Roman Empire worsen, the Roman Emperors adopt
a law…