Established by the United Nations General Assembly to be observed on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — Jan. 27, 1945 — the day is to be a solemn memorial of the six million ...

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No surprise to see Trump invite an Orthodox rabbi to Washington, D.C., even while they make up a small percentage of Jews in America.

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But by the next morning, when the National Cathedral held a “Service of Prayer for the Nation,” as it has every four years ...

New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects.

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Congestion pricing has been decades in the making, a drama featuring lawsuits, outrage, and even a weird last-minute ...