Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for September 27, 2025. Today’s headlines see Russia’s repeated flights over NATO countries prompting urgent calls for action and a review of defense strategies, while a year after Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, regions still await crucial federal aid despite ongoing recovery efforts. In a move that […]

September 26

1087:
Coronation of King William Rufus, the second son of
William the Conqueror who “managed to prevent in England the massacres of Jews
that occurred in Rouen, and across France and the Rhineland, in the bloody
frenzy the preceded the de…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for September 24, 2025. Today’s news is dominated by escalating tensions both domestically and internationally. In the U.S., a deadly shooting at an ICE detention center in Dallas highlights rising violence. Meanwhile, the ongoing fallout from Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension continues the debate surrounding free speech and the […]

September 23

484 BCE:  Birthdate of the very influential Greek playwright Euripides. Wherever Greek culture spread, writers attempted to create drama
in the manner of Euripides.  During the
time of Hellenization of the Jews, a Jewish playwri…