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With its quaint pastel houses, palmetto courtyards and candles flickering from colonial window frames, Charleston, S.C., is an atmospheric place at Christmastime. But every year, more of those candles are lit for Chanukah, the original Festival of Lights. In a city where history is the draw, Jewish history is drawing ever-growing numbers of visitors. So […]

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Ideas

Some people joke that Thanksgiving, the quintessential American holiday, is also the ideal Jewish festival. After all, it’s about family, food, time off from work, and without those many hours in the synagogue. This year, less than a month after a devastating hurricane here and in the midst of warfare that has been traumatizing Israel, […]

Ideas

I so appreciated reading Isaac Steven Herschkopf’s essay, “Between Light and Darkness: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy” (Nov. 9) as it resonated with me greatly in the aftermath of the last couple of weeks. His reflections helped me crystallize the lessons I gleaned from this event.  My own experience included our loss of power and heat […]

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