Some Jewish leaders in New York said Hanukkah celebrations felt different this year, given the Israel-Hamas war and a rise in antisemitic incidents. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll ...

People gathered in Bethlehem, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree Saturday. It's the first time it's happened since the war in Gaza began two years ago.

Author Anthony Doerr took 10 years to write his 2014 book “All the Light We Cannot See,” pouring himself into the annals of World War II history. The hard work paid off: The master work of fiction won ...

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