About six years ago, in the aftermath of a romantic breakup, White House speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz embarked on the most unlikely of relationships: She began to seriously engage in Judaism. And how is this relationship going? According to Hurwitz’s own account, in “Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a …

Sarah Hurwitz, Michelle Obama’s former speechwriter, has revealed that she has been made aware of FLOTUS ‘current plagiarism of a job aimed at Ms. Obama. The alleged scam came in a 2016 speech in which Melania addressed the Republican National Convention. The phrases used in the speech were almost identical …

Michelle obamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Alibaba – Gears begin to change in Congress on stuck Biden agendaThe speechwriter confirmed that the former first lady wrote the now famous line “When they go low, we go high” from her 2016 speech at the 2016 Democratic …

A playbook for the cult of Isis, instructions on herbal health, details on the benefits of therapeutic baths or a written history of speaking in tongues. Confused? Probably, but not as much as most when they come face to face with the Voynich manuscript. Whether each of the above is …

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg/Getty Images CNN — The Department of Defense on Wednesday erased a Pentagon Trump insider account of former Secretary James Mattis’ speechwriter, avoiding a court battle over charges that the Department of Defense delayed the publication of the book in benefit of the former secretary. Lawyers for Guy Snodgrass, …

When Sarah Hurwitz worked as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and later as editor-in-chief for Michelle Obama, she was often considered a good source of knowledge about Judaism. Except Hurwitz wasn’t. She had grown up nominally reformed. And after his bat mitzvah, Hurwitz felt his relationship with Judaism …

A unique illuminated medieval manuscript on the life of Alexander the Great was unveiled to the public for the first time in digital form, in an exhibition created as part of the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair.The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry …

The British Library in London holds the only known copy of the manuscript of a late 15th century text called the Nimatnama, or the Book of Delights. This remarkable work is sort of a cookbook and the kind of historical source that has been scarce for so long. The Nimatnama …

Rick Morton, a former social affairs writer for The Australian, has been appointed senior reporter on Schwartz Media’s Saturday Paper. Morton has previously written two articles for the newspaper, the first of which was an investigation into research suggesting Murdoch’s media, particularly The Australian, was fueling far-right recruiting. Good morning …

“Independent Scholar Finds New John Locke Manuscript” was the tag for an entry in the Link Pile a few weeks ago. Since then, several publications have covered the story. The new Locke is hot news, apparently. pages from the manuscript, “Reasons for Tolerating Papists on Equal with Others,” by John …

Sarah Hurwitz, who says she was “a little done with Judaism” after her reformed bat mitzvah at age 13, admits that five years ago, if she had seen a book called “Here Everything along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, And A Deeper Connection To Life – In Judaism (After Finally Choosing To …