What Obama did and didn’t say about Ezra Schwartz

Einstein once kept kosher, and 7 other Jewish facts for relativity’s 100th b’day

The famed physicist believed in Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s God and raised money for the Jewish state, despite reservations. Read more »

For Jewish groups, Syrian refugees are a reminder — not a threat 

American Jewish leaders can’t help but recall Jewish refugees in the 1930s when they consider Syrians seeking safe haven stateside. Read more »

Breaking News

Ex-Kabbalah Centre exec must pay $177K in sexual assault suit

Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft pays shiva call to family of Ezra Schwartz 

Rabbinical student attacked in Florida 

Billionaire Haim Saban walks back call for greater scrutiny of Muslim refugees 

Roseanne Barr bashes left-wing Israeli writer on Twitter for telling French Jews to stay put

FROM THE JTA ARCHIVE: 1933

Albert Einstein godfather to JTA founder’s infant son 

Jacob Landau named his son Albert after his friend, the distiguished scientist. Read more »

What We’re Reading

Anne Frank and her family were also denied entry to US as refugees (Washington Post) 

Thanksgiving dinner, with a side of cholent (Tablet) 

Meet the world’s first 3-D interactive Holocaust survivor (Forward)

The 10 best Jewish Instagram accounts (Canadian Jewish News) 

Making Mississippi home for Thanksgiving (Southern & Jewish)

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