Part One of a new series, You Don’t Know Jack! This weekend Buzzfeed.com asked, “is this the most embarrassing interview Fox News has ever done?” The post followed a segment from Fox News’ weekend show Spirited Debate, with host and “religion correspondent” Lauren Green. In the interview, Green repeatedly asked noted religious scholar Reza Aslan, […]
Will Professor Lawrence Schiffman Become the Next Chancellor of Yeshiva University?
Recently, news has been trickling out that Rabbi Norman Lamm, the powerful former president of Yeshiva University, has resigned from the post he held as chancellor of that institution over the past decade. According to some reports, Lamm has been suffering from health problems for several years. In his resignation letter, written with help from his family, Lamm expresses regret for concealing certain allegations of sex abuse at Yeshiva—allegations […]
Russia gears up Bangladesh nuclear power plant work
A 12-strong team of Russian State Atomic Energy Commission (ROSATOM) visited the Rooppur 2000MW nuclear power plant site on the Padma riverbank in Pabna district of the northern part of Bangladesh Monday. During the visit, the officials of Bangladesh side accompanied the contractor of the project. The ROSATOM says a 200-member team would start work […]
Cuba: Women Activists Decry Negative Campaign
Government-linked TV station airs allegations that leading protest group is badly run and financially opaque. By Camilo Ganga Leaders of a Cuban dissident group called the Ladies in White say the government is attempting to undermine it by releasing videos portraying members as corrupt and embroiled in infighting. The short films were released to coincide […]
Romania legitimates illegal migration
For some time Romania was granted the long-awaited status of EU member, achieved by it over a period of decade and a half. However, loud statements of Romanian authorities concerning respect of European democratic standards and values do not prevent Bucharest from realization of its expansionist policy, demonstrating desire of certain nationalist circles to invoke […]
The Amanda Knox Case: The Italian Supreme Court Faces Renewed International Scrutiny
Last week the Italian Supreme Court released a 74 page document outlining its reasons for overturning the appellate acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. The decision reinstates their original 2009 conviction and orders a new appellate level review to be held in Florence. For […]
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