JERUSALEM (JTA) — People who smile at others are perceived as being older, not younger, than those with a neutral expression, a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev study found. The findings were published in the May 8 edition of Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. In a series of experiments intended to gauge age perception based on facial…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — “Bisexuality Visibility” will be the theme of the 2017 LGBT Pride Parade in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, the municipality announced. The march, scheduled for June 9, will be the first large-scale pride parade in the world to celebrate the theme of bisexuality, according to the municipality. It is expected to draw…
Chasidic-owned B&H Photo is known for high quality camera equipment and a website that shuts down in observance of the Jewish Sabbath (much to the chagrin of the unobservant shutterbugs among us). But social media expertise? It seems not so much. On May 11, John Mayer called out B&H for posting what he referred to…
(JTA) — A white supremacist who gave his children Nazi-linked names has officially changed his last name to Hitler. The name change for Isidore Heath Hitler, who is in his early 40s, took legal effect this week, the news website MyCentralJersey.co first reported. Isidore Heath Campbell had his request approved in March by Hunterdon County Superior…
A Jewish veteran of the Iraq War has thrown his hat into the race to challenge Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee. James Mackler is the first candidate to announce he is entering the state’s Democratic primary ahead of the 2018 elections. His announcement video, released last month, highlights his military service as a Blackhawk…
President Trump unleashed on Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday and Thursday, mocking the Northeast Democratic senators for supposedly crying after both spoke out against the White House’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. Cryin’ Chuck Schumer stated recently, “I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer.” Then acts so indignant….
Cathy Hettinger, who has been prominently featured in recent media stories as the supposed inventor of fidget spinners, actually applied for a patent that likely wouldn’t cover the incredibly popular toys, a Bloomberg News investigation revealed on Thursday. Hettinger claimed in recent interviews that she had been inspired to invent a toy to give Palestinian…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott praised a decision by one of America’s largest banks to close the account of an organization that supports the boycott of Israel, in a move that Abbott tied to the state’s new law banning government business with Israel-boycotters. The Jerusalem Post reported last week that the Dallas-based firm Comerica Bank would…
Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general at the center of the unfolding controversy over FBI director James Comey’s dismissal, requested a meeting Thursday with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee. According to Politico, Rosenstein was seen walking into the committee space today while the panel convened to discuss security threats. The…
Three South African students were suspended on Thursday on suspicion of putting up Nazi-inspired posters at an elite university, at a time of growing tension in race relations. Stellenbosch University said the images, which copied Nazi youth movement posters without their swastika flags, contained “highly offensive references to Nazi propaganda and Neo-Nazism” and were in…
As Conservative religious leaders continue to debate whether the movement should bless intermarriages, one rabbi is adding his voice to a growing group that wants to officiate such ceremonies. Rabbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue in Omaha penned an op-ed in The Times of Israel this week calling on the movement to change its…
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