(JTA) — A fossil found in Israel indicates modern humans may have left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Scientists say that an ancient upper jawbone and associated stone tools could also mean that Homo sapiens, modern humans, arose in Africa far earlier than fossils now show, according to a study…
A photographer has printed for the first time a photograph he took in 2005 of then-Senator Barack Obama with Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, Talking Points Memo reported. Askia Muhammad, the photographer, said that he took the photo at a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus in 2005, but was contacted…
President Trump may have low approval ratings, but most Christians are praying for him. According to new research from the Barna group, 69 percent of what they call “practicing” Christians pray for Trump, with evangelicals being the highest, at 88 percent. Among those in non-Christian religions, only 18 percent do. The study does not show…
Paul Nehlen, the Wisconsin business man running to unseat Republican Speaker Paul Ryan, released a statement from his campaign’s “Semitic Liaison” after being suspended from Twitter. Nehlen was suspended for seven days; Twitter said he violated the company’s rules by making anti-Semitic posts. The statement was apparently written by Matt Fischer, who goes by @MattsOurSemite…
A $300,000 contribution from the Open Society Policy Center, George Soros’s lobbying operation, is fueling a local initiative in Missouri aimed at limiting political lobbying and changing the state’s redistricting process. Soros’s money is going to a group called Clean Missouri in an effort to advance a ballot measure that would significantly limit the power…
Larry Nassar, the former doctor of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, was sentenced to between 40 and 175 years in prison Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Nassar was convicted of multiple sex crimes and accused by prominent gymnasts, like Aly Raisman and Simone Biles, of sexual abuse. His seven-day trial saw 156 women testify…
Ron Jeremy, an adult film legend who is plagued by allegations of rape and sexual assault, was banned from attending the 2018 AVN Entertainment Expo Awards, the Blast reported. The awards are considered the Oscars of pornography, and they are the centerpiece of a weekend expo in Las Vegas. Representatives for the awards said that…
(JTA) — Former British chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks met with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to help him frame religious and historical elements of his speech before Israel’s Knesset. Sacks and Pence met in New York for 90 minutes prior to Pence’s departure for a two-day visit to Israel, part of trip that also included…
(JTA) — A soccer team in Rome that plastered a stadium with stickers showing Anne Frank wearing the uniform of a rival city club has been fined. The Lazio FC team will pay a fine of $61,000, but will not have to play two games without fans as requested by the Italian football federation prosecutor….
(JTA) — A temple in Boston and a temple in Philadelphia are making a friendly bet on next week’s Super Bowl, with charity being the winner. Congregation Rodeph Shalom of Philadelphia and Temple Israel of Boston have agreed to a Tzedakah Super Bowl Wager over the results of the big game. The synagogues announced the…
(JTA) — The principal of a Catholic high school in Rhode Island resigned after a short video surfaced showing him slurring black and Jewish people. Jay Brennan, the longtime principal of Bishop Hendricken High School, resigned Friday over the video. The all-boys school is 13 percent minority, WPRI TV reported, citing statistics released by a…
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