The Jewish festival of Hannukah, which this year runs from 25 December to 2 January, actually has a lot in common with the Christian Christmas. This is the story ...

Coming from a secular background, with no Jewish friends at ... Kirk Douglas, who reportedly was upset about losing out on the lead in "Exodus" to Paul Newman, played Mickey, and Angie Dickinson ...

A symbol of sustenance, a sign of the covenant, and metaphor for the sources of our sustaining existence — God and our ...

Bunny origin story is more mysterious than you might imagine, and religion seems to have nothing to do with it ...

Frank Capra’s 1946 film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” to be broadcast again Christmas Eve at 8 p.m. by NBC television, is loved most for its personal message of discovery at Christmas: that its hero’s ...

With a handful of notable exceptions, my book reading in the past year has not been an altogether happy experience. I worked my way through 18 titles in all, work being the operative verb in many ...