For Holocaust survivors, Israeli-grown fruit was a miracle, a symbol of survival. Is the melon big enough to carry other meanings?

A new exhibition at Yad Vashem highlights the extraordinary efforts made, often at risk of death, to preserve and mark the Jewish holidays during the darkest of times ...

This is the text of a speech delivered at the Holocaust Education Trust, warning that the distortion and inversion of the Holocaust is enabling a resurgence of antisemitism, with grave consequences fo ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is here. The holiday is held near the slain civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929, each year. It’s always on the third Monday to make sure U.S. citizens get a ...

Christmas and New Year's are but a memory so how long do we have to wait for the next holiday? Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Ceremonies honoring next Fourth of July’s Semiquincentennial are already gearing up. In early December, a traveling Stars and Stripes banner — the U.S. “Flag Sojourn 250” — was raised over Mississippi ...

Up to a third of people globally endorse at least one conspiracy theory, from COVID origins to assassination cover-ups, climate change, and secret cabals. Why are we so drawn to absurd tales and false ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Over the years, New Year’s Eve has been celebrated countless times in some of our favorite TV ...

Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In ancient Greek mythology, a man who falls in love with his own ...

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