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Emily Korzenik, 96, Dies; Rabbi Took a Bar Mitzvah to Poland

Part of the first generation of women ordained in America, she presided over the first bar mitzvah in Krakow, still scarred by the Holocaust, in decades. It did not go smoothly.

© Thomas McDonald for The New York Times

Rabbi Emily Faust Korzenik in Stamford, Conn., in 2003. For 25 years she presided over the Fellowship for Jewish Learning, a congregation there.
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Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

© Heather Khalifa for The New York Times

Catherine Almonte Da Costa, left, resigned a day after Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed her to oversee administration hiring.
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Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Is Restored by Delaware Supreme Court

A lower-court judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders had not been properly informed about the plan. Friday’s ruling means the pay deal, worth about $139 billion now, can proceed.

© Evan Vucci/Associated Press

Elon Musk had appealed a ruling by a Delaware judge who rejected Tesla’s pay package last year.
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