4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (145+ words) Ash Wednesday is a day of reflection for Christians, marking the beginning of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday is a day of reflection for Christians, marking the beginning of the Lenten season. Churches across the Upstate are welcoming the community…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (757+ words) Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events " including restrictions on access " following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach. Related…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (474+ words) Hanukkah " also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew " is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight consecutive nights, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah " a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means "dedication....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (566+ words) Community and religious leaders in a Pennsylvania town are responding after a replica of the Auschwitz concentration camp gate appeared on a Catholic school's Halloween parade float. Hanover is in a rural area in York County, Pennsylvania, which is about…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (235+ words) Two students at Syracuse University in New York face hate crimes charges after authorities say one of them tossed a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house during a Rosh Hashanah celebration. Allen Groves, the chief student experience officer…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (236+ words) Orange County is facing a federal lawsuit from the Orlando Torah Center, which alleges religious discrimination after its application for synagogue expansion was denied. The synagogue in Orlando said that denying the application to expand its building is infringing on…...