With the Hanukah miracle revolving around oil, it is customary to celebrate the holiday by eating foods fried in oil.

As mentioned previously in Grapevine, most of the requests by Jewish organizations for funds focus far less on the war effort ...

Jews who support Palestinians are often treated as less Jewish in Israel. It's time for the Jewish left to take that issue ...

The surprise attack by Hamas was led by Yahya Sinwar, who proclaimed “casualties were necessary to achieve victory.” It required fighting in Hamas tunnels under schools, hospitals and homes in order ...

The candles have been lit, the dreidel has been spun and the latkes have been devoured. That can only mean one thing: It's ...

What if a holiday celebrated for over two millennia still holds lessons about resilience, identity, and community that ...

LETTER NO. 200 Titled Letter No. 200 because Gary Megaffin had written exactly 199 letters to the editor, he just never made it there as he passed away on Oct. 25 before he had the chance to write it, ...

I am thankful for the U.S. No matter who leads us, we are primarily a ...

Pilgrims have flocked to the Holy House of Loreto since the 14th century to stand inside the walls where tradition holds the Virgin Mary was born, raised, and greeted by the angel Gabriel.

A lot of US business phone numbers have letters in them so they can be more easily remembered. Your iPhone has a number and letter keypad; each number corresponds to three or four numbers. To dial ...

Holiday shipping deadlines for FedEx, UPS and the US Postal Service are days away. Here's when to mail gifts for Christmas so ...

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