Hanukkah, which begins at sundown on December 23 in 2019, is one of the most joyous of Jewish holidays. Learn more about the traditions and history behind the Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah). The celebration lasts for eight nights and days each year around the same time ...

Amanda Blake receiving the American Cancer Society Courage Award from President Ronald Regan, March 29, 1984.

Seth Owen, an 18-year-old gay teen from Jacksonville, Florida and the co-valedictorian of his high school class, was thrown out of his home earlier this year by his parents after refusing to abide by their religion. A former teacher launched a GoFundMe campaign for Owen’s tuition which has already r

This is the full clip of Bernadette Peters performing Rose's Turn at the 57th annual Tony Awards in 2003, with introduction by Hugh Jackman. Gypsy won best revival that year.

A 22-year-old Danish-born man was shot dead by police on Sunday after he was suspected of opening fire at an event promoting free speech and killing two people at a Copenhagen synagogue on February 15, 2015..

An affecting documentary in which one young person charts their first year on testosterone as they transition to becoming the person they truly are. “For me being trans is a big part of who I am but I wouldn’t want to be born cis,” he said. “I’ve learned so much and I think I’ve had a lot more exper

An emotional look at Princess Diana in remembrance of the 15th anniversary of her dead on September 1, 1997, with a compilation of photographs presenting our beloved Princess Diana as the woman, mother, and force of good. Reminding us the impact her life had on the world, and the powerful blow of h...

Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Obama and Jada Pinkett Smith open the 61st GRAMMY Awards. Recording Academy is the world's leading society of musical professionals, and is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music's past, present and future.

As Je’Jae (they/them pronouns), a 23-year-old gender-nonconforming Mizrahi Jew, explores an affirming expression of their gender and sexuality, they struggle against their mom’s rigid expectations for their life, many of which are shaped by the predominantly White, middle-class Orthodox Jewish commu

The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought t...