Now hear this: For fans of “The Daily Show” — before Trevor Noah’s departure and the rotation of guest hosts — when Jon Stewart ruled late night political comedy, your hero is returning. Yes, you read that right: Jon Stewart will host his old program on Mondays, at 11 p.m., in a 45-minute format of monologues, interviews, and plenty of gags, beginning on Feb. 12. Fun ahead.

Miriam Adelson, one of the richest women in the world, sold $2 billion in stock in the Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino company her late husband built, to buy the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. Even after the sale, which is pending approval by the NBA board of governors, she will remain the majority stockholder of the casino company, retaining 51.3% of company shares. The $3.5 billion purchase from team owner Mark Cuban would make [...]

Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams has donated $100 million to Ben-Gurion University as part of an effort to rebuild the south, following the devastating Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, university officials announced at a benefit gala in Toronto on Dec. 3. Adams, a real estate magnate who moved to Israel in 2015, is perhaps best known for his support of cycling in Israel. He established the country’s first cycling institute, created an eponymous commuter bike path [...]

Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Nov. 2 of seven counts of fraud for his role in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He faced a slew of charges for stealing billions of dollars from accounts belonging to customers of FTX, which was once one of the most trusted names in crypto. He was found guilty also of defrauding lenders of FTX’s sister company, Alameda Research, which held FTX customer funds in a bank account. [...]

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a new forever stamp featuring the image of U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The stamps cost 66 cents each or $13.20 for a sheet of 20. The stamp’s oil-painting portrait is based on a photograph captured by Philip Bermingham, a well-known portrait photographer. Bermingham had long anticipated the session, but in the early going of the shoot, things didn’t seem to be working out. Finally, he decided [...]

The Nobel Assembly has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines during the pandemic that began in early 2020. “Through their groundbreaking findings, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during of [...]

Shul member Francis DuBois was the guest speaker at the North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the historic Jamesport Meeting House. His topic was “Varian Fry: A Forgotten Hero.” Varian Fry was an American journalist who ran a rescue network that helped thousands of Jewish refugees escape Nazi Germany. Francis DuBois enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the United Nations, serving in the Middle East with the rank of Ambassador.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, is in line to become Mexico’s dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate in the June 2024 election. If elected, Sheinbaum, who is Jewish, would be the country’s first female president. Sheinbaum is a close ally of the popular López Obrador, the country’s current president, who is barred by Mexico’s constitution from running for a second six-year term. As the Morena party’s candidate, she will enjoy a distinct advantage [...]

President Biden will nominate former Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew as his next ambassador to Israel. Mr. Lew has served in some of the government’s most important posts under two Democratic administrations, in the process earning him many admirers across the aisle. He ran the Treasury Department for President Barack Obama, was also Mr. Obama’s White House chief of staff, deputy secretary of state, and director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Lew [...]

Shul member Susan Schrott has published a new book, Rise With Radiance, a collection of inspirational words illustrated with drawings originally created on fabric “to light your path every day of the year,” the writer says. A psychotherapists, artist, and certified yoga instructor, Susan Schrott invites readers to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and daily inspiration. While caring for her ailing father, she embarked on a personal journey that led to the creation [...]