WEST NYACK, N.Y. (AP) — An Orthodox Jewish man credited as a hero for attacking a knife-wielding man who stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City is refusing to take a $20,000 reward from established Jewish groups because...
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to step up their efforts to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes as he met with Jewish leaders in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday.Barr said he has been “extremely...
Tomorrow 2 percent of Americans will wish each other “Hanukkah Sameach,” according to Pew Research Center. As someone who’s a part of the majority of Americans who aren’t Jewish, my knowledge of Hanukkah was limited to the blue colors that accompany...
Hanukkah begins at sundown Wednesday, making the first full day of Hanukkah fall on Thanksgiving, or “Thanksgivukkah.”The last time this happened was in 1888, and the two holidays will not collide again for 79,000 years. Local congregations are making...
