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kugel
Food
How humble kugel becomes a ‘red-letter feast’ for Yom Kippur
Jewish man prays at altar with pews behind him, USA flag in background
Religion
A gift from small-town Iowa brings light to Paraguay’s capital
Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.
Food
Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.
Kalman Aron began sketching when he was 3 years old. He's now 93, and says if he didn't still paint and draw every day he would "die of boredom."
Arts
For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor’s art has kept him alive
A woman wearing a headwrap and as shimmering blue and gold dress stands in front of a camera, with her hands to her hips.
Culture
Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping
Some Jews in France are feeling increasingly uneasy, amid some high-profile anti-Semitic incidents.
Religion
Why some French Jewish parents are taking their kids out of public schools
For the Jewish ritual of Kaparot, a person's sins are symbolically transferred to a chicken, and then the chicken is slaughtered.
Religion
My sins are cleared for the year, but the chicken wasn’t so lucky
Shimon Peres was a proud holder of an Israeli organ donor card.
Belief
Shimon Peres wanted Israelis to be organ donors — like him
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at the Coliseum on August 8, 2016 in St. Petersburg, Florida. A new national poll shows Clinton's lead expanding over Republican rival Donald Trump.
Culture
This is the only photo of Hillary Clinton one newspaper has ever run
First and second grade Arabic class in New York
Culture
Some people are trying to fix the Arabic language’s image problem in the US