Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s sweeping and experimental anti-war novel Your Name Here dramatizes the tensions and ...

According to the Talmud, the Jews then entered the Temple and found a small flask of oil to light a flame. The miracle was that the flame lasted eight days, which explains the holiday’s eight-day ...

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Hebrew-language media reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday in Jerusalem with US envoy Tom ...

To the Esteemed Members of the Knesset, For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah this year, we, the thousands of members ...

Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 37 people in the Moroccan coastal city of Safi, the Interior ...

Hanukkah is arriving on our doorstep, and this year feels different. Before explaining why, a recap of the holiday’s basic elements might be helpful. Often, when Hanukkah is mentioned, people ...

A mass shooting at one of Australia's most famous beaches, targeting revellers at a Jewish holiday celebration, has generated ...

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The prophets were not fortune-tellers. They were truth-tellers. They spoke into moments when the fabric of society had frayed—politically, ethically, spiritually—and they insisted that catastrophe was ...

The lesson of the Maccabees is not about resigning ourselves to our fate and hoping that God will protect us. It is about ...

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