For the eight days and seven nights of Sukkot, Jews traditionally eat and sleep in a sukkah, a temporary dwelling with a thatched roof, from which the...

In spring 1961 while I was living in New York City studying acting. While photography was just a hobby, I got an impetus to return to California where...

On a normal day, if you walk along the triple deckers lining Washington Street and Magoun Avenue not much will stand out from any other Medford neighb...

NEW YORK (AP) – A judge has told a Staten Island pastor and his wife that they cannot take the Lord's name in vain. Civil Court Judge Philip Stra...

For Oak Creek Sikh temple members, the events Sunday at Azana Spa in Brookfield were too reminiscent of Aug. 5. A beautiful, sunny Sunday morning. ...

"You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard." -- Leviticus 19:27 To beard or not to b...

Mazel Tov, Birthright! More than 400 people got so much naches last Thursday (Oct. 18) as the organization -- also known as Taglit, in Hebrew -- ma...

Every version of the tale is different, but certain elements persist: A wanderer encounters somebody disrespecting a corpse that, in life, had not pai...

WARSAW, Poland -- Some Catholic bishops in Poland say that Halloween is harmful because it promotes "diabolical" behavior and are asking believers not...

From the group that brought you 2008's ingenious voting campaign, The Great Schlep, and the most popular viral videos of the 2012 election cycle comes...