To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling significances of a major Islamic holiday, Ashura, coming up next Saturday ...

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian posted a short video of his late mother hugging him, which soon garnered tens of millions of ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a ...

Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.

The Village Voice review of Lucas Schaefer’s ‘The Slip’ reports that is a character-based novel brimming with outrageous characters.

Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and other candidates in NYC mayoral election sought Hasidic endorsements with Yiddish ads, ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

El Al, Arkia, and Israir planes from Larnaca and more flights from around Europe land at Ben Gurion Airport; will gradually ...

Mayoral candidate Brad Lander was cuffed and detained by ICE agents after asking to see a warrant for people who were ...

Grzegorz Braun, of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party, was previously removed from the Sejm in 2023 after using a fire extinguisher to put out a menorah during Hanukkah, which he claimed was ...

The first day of Hanukkah and Christmas have only coincided a handful of times since 1900, according to the Jewish Federations of North America. The holidays started on the same day in 1910, 1921 ...

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