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Police investigating punk band Bob Vylan after chants of 'Death to the IDF' at Glastonbury were broadcast live by the BBC; ...
M.K.L., a Jewish student, faced verbal abuse and threats from classmates, including being told to “kill herself” due to her ...
Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.
In my adult life before October 7, my Hadassah friend Sara Resnick had repeatedly invited me to join her at local Hadassah ...
Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...
Last week, on Nov. 30, Jews and Hindus gathered at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Sterling Heights for a joint Hanukkah-Diwali celebration in memory of Samantha Woll, the president of the ...
On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. (AP video/Ami Bentov) ...
Every year, there are those who urge their fellow Jews to put Hanukkah in its place: Keep presents small, emphasize the holiday’s distinctive Jewish character (it celebrates a second-century B.C ...
A Hanukkah for ‘Oct. 8 Jews’ The Hanukkah story is urgently relevant for American Jews who hoped assimilating would protect them. December 23, 2024. 5 min (Photo by David Delgado/Getty Images) ...
A vendor picks up a traditional Jewish Hanukkah doughnut. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images. In the mid-19 th century, American Jews were grappling with some complicated issues. Most were relatively ...
All this has made Hanukkah, despite its humble beginnings, probably the best-known Jewish holiday to non-Jews. Chabad, a Jewish revivalist and social-service organisation, holds public menorah ...
Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish religious observances but has different dates each year.. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as ...