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This image released by ModernTribe.com shows an American Gothic Thanksgivukkah Poster celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. (AP Photo/ModernTribe.com)

Gobble tov! American Jews ready for Thanksgivukkah

It's a turkey. It's a menorah. It's Thanksgivukkah! An extremely rare convergence this year of Thanksgiving and the start of Hanukkah has created a frenzy of Talmudic proportions. There's the number crunching: The last time it happened was 1888, or at least the last time since Thanksgiving was declared a ...

Post-coup Egypt gripped by nationalist fervor

While riots turned the neighborhoods of Cairo into deadly battlegrounds this weekend, Egypt's most powerful man — the head of the armed forces — enjoyed a star-studded show. In a sports stadium, celebrities and pop singers lavished praise on the military in a televised extravaganza complete with dancers and an ...

File - In this Dec. 5, 2002 file photo, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef sits surrounded by members of his staff during a rally of his Ultra-Orthodox Shas party in Jerusalem. Rabbi Ovadia, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, has died. He was 93.(AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)

Death of Israeli kingmaker leaves huge void

To his supporters, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a revered spiritual sage who empowered masses of disenfranchised Sephardic Jews. Among secular Israelis, he was widely perceived as a medieval figure, bedecked in flowing robes and occasionally given to bizarre rants. But through his control of the Shas political party, Yosef wielded ...

In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, right, meets with French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. (AP Photo)

Egypt's president makes first trip to Saudi Arabia

Egypt's interim president visited Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first foreign trip, highlighting a regional realignment spurred by the military ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power in Cairo. Underscoring the tightening of relations between the two regional powerhouses, Adly Mansour was greeted in Riyadh airport by the kingdom's ...

Extremists gun down 7 civilians in Nigerian mosque

Gunmen believed to be Islamic militants lured Muslims with a call to prayer and gunned them down as they entered the mosque in Damboa village in the latest killings reported in an Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria, residents and officials said. The tactics used by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network ...

Court: Ohio hospital can force chemo on Amish girl

An appeals court has sided again with an Ohio hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments. The court ruled that an attorney who's also a registered nurse should be granted limited guardianship over the girl, Sarah Hershberger, ...

Pope replaces Dominican ambassador amid sex probe

Pope Francis has named a new ambassador to the Dominican Republic after the previous one was forcibly removed amid a sex abuse investigation. The nomination Monday of a replacement for Archbishop Josef Wesolowski signaled that the Vatican's investigation into his actions warranted permanent removal as envoy to the Caribbean country. ...

Egyptian soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers block an entrance to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 a day ahead of expected mass demonstrations by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi timed to coincide with annual celebrations honoring the military, a combination many fear will lead to a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Egypt: 51 killed in new bout of street violence

Security forces and Islamist protesters clashed around the country Sunday, leaving 51 killed, as a national holiday celebrating the military turned to mayhem. Crowds from Egypt's two rival camps — supporters of the ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, and backers of the military that deposed him — poured into the ...

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010, file photo, The Dalai Lama speaks at Emory University as part of his professorship at the private school in Atlanta. The Dalai Lama is returning to Emory University for a series of lectures and panel discussions on Oct 8-10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Dalai Lama to visit Emory University

The Dalai Lama is returning to Emory University as part of a continuing partnership between the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and the school in Atlanta. The Dalai Lama, who has held the title of presidential distinguished professor at the private university since October 2007, is scheduled to participate in a ...

Local members of the Center for Inquiry, from left, Christopher Tanner, Andy Westmoreland, Cathy Seaver, Chip LaFleur, and Jennifer Beahan stand in front of a new billboard along U.S. Route 131-N on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The billboard alongside a highway in western Michigan is spreading the message that religion is something people can live without. (AP Photo/MLive.com, Lauren Petracca) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

You're not alone, billboard tells nonreligious

A billboard alongside a highway in western Michigan is spreading the message that religion is something people can live without. The billboard went up Monday and is to remain in place through Oct. 27 along U.S. 131 in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming. Sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, ...

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, Muslim men sit near a mosque destroyed in an attack by Buddhists in Thabyuchaing village, Thandwe township, Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. Even as President Thein Sein came to western Myanmar to urge an end to sectarian violence, security forces could not prevent Buddhist mobs from torching the homes of minority Muslims or hacking them to death, at times, unwittingly, even encouraging them. That has raised questions about the government's ability to quench a virulent strain of religious hatred blamed for the deaths of more than 240 people in the last 18 months. The latest attack occurred Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Thandwe township, killing five just hours before President Thein touched down for a scheduled visit. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Muslim victims say Myanmar police aided attackers

Even as the president came to western Myanmar to urge an end to sectarian violence last week, security forces could not prevent Buddhist mobs from torching the homes of minority Muslims or hacking them to death, at times, unwittingly, even encouraging them. That has raised questions about the government's ability ...

Agreement ends shelling of Syrian village

Syrian government forces reached an agreement Saturday with local officials of a vulnerable Sunni village in a region dominated by President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect to end hours of deadly shelling in exchange for the surrender of dozens of opposition fighters, an activist group said. The shelling of al-Mitras began ...

Program helps people recover from addiction

For more than a year, Clay Johnson drove by the flashing sign on U.S. Highway 84. Day after day the sign grabbed his attention as it flashed the words "Celebrate Recovery." More than a year later, Johnson realized the flashing sign served as God's way of getting his attention. But ...

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egyptian riot police fire tear gas at protesters

Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday as clashes broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take control of the iconic square, leaving at least four dead. With lines of armored vehicles and barbed wire, ...

Tourists and pilgrims take pictures of a poster announcing Pope Francis' visit outside the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The pontiff is scheduled to visit Assisi, the birthplace of the Italian saint who inspired his name on Friday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope trip to St. Francis' town highlights goals

Pope Francis broke bread with the poor and embraced the disabled on a pilgrimage to his namesake's hometown Friday, urging the faithful to follow the example of the 13th-century St. Francis, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. According to ...

Poland's church will not pay child sex victims

Poland's Catholic Church says it will not pay compensation to victims of priests who sexually abused children. The Rev. Jozef Kloch said in comments aired by Polish Radio 1 on Friday that the responsibility for compensation lies with the perpetrator. That differs from the approach in countries like the United ...

Savannah priest blessing pets to honor St. Francis

A Savannah priest is offering blessings to dogs, cats and other pets in honor of the patron saint of animals. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah says the Rev. J. Gerard Schrek will bless pets of the faithful Friday afternoon in Layfayette Square, next to the Cathedral of St. John ...

FOR STORY ISRAEL NATION : In this June 12, 1997 file photo, an Orthodox man walks behind a Palestinian man on a street in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Israel's national population registry lists many “nationalities” and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druze and more, but one ethnicity is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled this week that residents cannot identify themselves as Israelis in the national registry because it could affect the country’s Jewish character, in court documents obtained Thursday, Oct, 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Greg Marinovich, File)

Israeli court rejects Israeli nationality status

Israel's population registry lists a slew of "nationalities" and ethnicities, among them Jew, Arab, Druse and more. But one word is conspicuously absent from the list: Israeli. Residents cannot identify themselves as Israelis in the national registry because the move could have far-reaching consequences for the country's Jewish character, the ...

“Hobby Lobby is currently working with our buyers over our merchandise selection," the company said on Facebook after facing criticism for not carrying Hanukkah and other Jewish holiday items.

Hobby Lobby apologizes to Jewish customers

Hobby Lobby issued a Facebook apology this week after a New Jersey worker reportedly told a Jewish customer the arts and crafts retailer didn’t “cater to you people” when asked why Hanukkah merchandise could not be found on store shelves.

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt. A heavy crackdown has thrown the 85-year-old Brotherhood into an existential crisis. Once Egypt’s dominant political force, it is now reduced to keeping a campaign of street protest simmering to show it cannot be completely wiped out and must one day have a place again in the political system. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood keeps protests alive

Graffiti around the Egyptian capital proclaim the Muslim Brotherhood's call for new anti-military protests Sunday — dotting walls, light poles and signposts for miles down main avenues and near the presidential palace from which the group was ousted three months ago. It's an impressive show of survival, giving the image ...

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