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Hanukkah lockdown? Grab a hold of good reads for all ages

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As Jews are often referred to as people of the book, it’s no wonder readers top the Hanukkah gift list. Luckily, a whole host of new and recent books have been released from authors...
Mark Cuban at the 2013 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, LA Live. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.

Mark Cuban agrees to sell majority Dallas Mavericks stake to Dr. Miriam Adelson for...

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Mark Cuban, the Jewish billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor and NBA team owner, is poised to make two major changes in his business and public presence. Cuban has agreed to sell his majority ownership of the...

Historic statesman, who advised presidents, Henry Kissinger dead at 100

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Alan Dershowitz first met Henry Kissinger in the mid-1960s. “We were both professors at Harvard, and his son and my son were elementary school classmates,” Dershowitz, an attorney, commentator and Harvard Law School professor...
A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock.

Menorah car parades set to light up cities worldwide

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Chanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever. Last December, as Kyiv...
The comedian Eli Lebowicz (left) helped fellow participants at the "March for Israel" wrap tefillin on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: EliComedy.com.

Jewish great awakening follows Oct. 7 terror attacks

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Those who experience the trauma of losing a friend or loved one or seeing them injured in a violent conflict often become more religious, according to research that U.S., Canadian, Czech and German researchers published in...
An open Torah scroll. Source: Pixabay.

Small is great

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Ted Turner is reputed to have said, "If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect." Those who knew him believed he was serious. Another great man said something similar: “If there’s one thing...
Rami Davidian reunites with young people he saved on Oct. 7 during the Supernova Music Festival massacre near Kibbutz Re'im. Courtesy of Rami Davidian.

Farmer hero saved scores while Hamas massacred 364 at music festival

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Rami Davidian, a farmer from Moshav Patish, an Israeli farming community located about 10 miles from the Gaza Strip, saved scores of young partygoers during Hamas's murderous assault on the northwestern Negev. Davidian, 58, will...

The Philanthropy of Ernest and Evelyn Rady

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Editor’s Note: This is the 10th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.”  All three books as well as others written by Harrison may...
Rabbi Daniel Reich of Congregation Adat Yeshurun with Grover at last year’s Sesame Place San Diego Hanukkah celebration. Photo courtesy of Sesame Place San Diego.

Hanukkah Celebration Returns to Sesame Place San Diego

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Sesame Place® San Diego, the only theme park on the West Coast based entirely on the award-winning show Sesame Street®, is hosting a Hanukkah Celebration on Sunday, December 10. The daytime family-friendly holiday fun includes: Menorah Candle...
Beignet. Credit: Pixabay.

Everything’s better with beignets for Chanukah

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It’s tradition! The Jewish holiday of Chanukah means latkes and sufganiyot—lots of them, crisp, hot, and hopefully, not too oily—to help celebrate the victory of Judah Maccabee and his four brothers over the Syrian-Greeks in...