A court in Australia has denied an appeal by a Jewish congregation that wanted to build a synagogue in a largely Jewish suburb of Sydney.
Local government officials first denied the application, citing a familiar smorgasbord of design elements and suitability for the neighborhood. (My favorite reason: There's already another synagogue nearby.)
In an era of political polarization, here's one item that's rapidly emerging as a rare bipartisan consensus: President Donald Trump doesn't deserve credit for the stock market boom since his election.
"Can we thank Trump for the stock market boom? Short answer, no," a scholar at the center-right American Enterprise Institute, Desmond Lachman, wrote in a piece published by Newsweek.
