National Geographic has released a trailer of its new scripted series about Albert Einstein and other great American minds. Einstein devoted his life to the clean and elegant expression of complicated ideas, from the relativity of time to the constantly expanding nature of the universe. But his own history was a series of twists and…
(JTA) — Facebook has hired Campbell Brown, a former NBC and CNN anchor, to lead its efforts to mend ties with news publications. As head of the social network’s News Partnerships team, Brown will “help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook,” she wrote Friday on her Facebook page. “Right…
Authorities Saturday said the gunman who shot and killed at least five people at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida did not say anything during the rampage. That rebutted an early report by ABC News that the gunman screamed “I’m not Jewish” as he unleashed the gunfire. Witness say the shooter in some sort of…
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer is live tweeting from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale International Airport, where a gunman killed at least five people before police captured him Friday. Police say the shooter opened fire at about 1 p.m. in the baggage claim, of a terminal used by Delta and Air Canada, according to The…
(JTA) — Israel will cut approximately $6 million of its annual contribution to United Nations’ bodies it deemed “anti-Israel,” following the passage by the U.N. Security Council of an anti-settlement resolution. The resolution adopted last month — for which 14 countries voted in favor with only the U.S. abstaining — called Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation of international law” that damage…
An Israeli left comatose after being gravely injured in last month’s terrorist attack at a Berlin Christmas market awoke from his sleep this week only to learn that his wife had died in the incident. “Dalia was the love of my life,” Rami Elyakim said of his wife, talking to the Israeli Walla news site….
Which names from the Jewish Bible are most popular? If you were ever wondering, the folks at Kveller have made a convenient map and list to illustrate that, using data on names for infant boys taken from the Social Security Administration. As their map shows, “Noah” is the runaway favorite, with Flood survivor namesakes topping…
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel thanked America and its House of Representatives for passing a resolution condemning a U.N. vote against settlements. Netanyahu said “thank you, America, thank you, Congress” in a video his office posted Friday on YouTube following the resolution’s passing the previous evening by a vote of 342-80. Sponsored…
The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Friday that Washington abruptly rejecting the Iran nuclear deal could create “a crisis” and said he did not expect that approach under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “To tear it up on the front end, in my opinion, is not going to happen,” U.S. Senator…
Steve Mnuchin’s financial skeletons could come back to haunt him as he tries to win confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury. A leaked memo from the California Attorney General’s office that alleges his bank routinely violated the state’s laws in foreclosing on homes. A bank executive admitted “robo-signing” foreclosures every 30 seconds,…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – John Kerry in his final press conference as secretary of state listed the Iran nuclear deal and securing Israel as among the Obama administration’s accomplishments. The 2015 agreement between Iran and six major powers led by the United States “is a demonstration, quite simply, of the power of diplomacy to be able…
