As Hanukkah nears, writer becomes Jewish "Santa"
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TORONTO, Nov 22 (Reuters Life!) - As a child, Daniel Bloom remembers feeling left out as other children wrote to Santa Claus with their wish lists each year.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Encouraged by renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Christian pilgrims from around the world converged on Jesus's traditional birthplace Monday to celebrate Christmas -- a palpable contrast to the sparse crowds of recent years.
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Pearl Abraham may have broken away from Hasidism, but she writes about it with both an intimate knowledge and a striking tenderness.
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When Santa's in town, the sector jingles.
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Madonna's daughter has written a story which is featured in a Christmas charity fund-raising book. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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Arts & entertainment: David Grossman grew up in Israel in the 1950s. From the moment he decided to be an author, he knew he had to write about the Holocaust.
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The old-fashioned letter is far from dead, especially during the holidays.
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Here's what Karrar Haider, a 10-year-old Shi'ite boy at a school in eastern Baghdad, told Santa he wants this year for the holidays:
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Santa strapped on his body armor and sidearm today and got an early start on his rounds, taking candy canes and holiday wishes to U.S. troops in Iraq. Santa is Army Maj. Harold Riggins of the 101st Airborne Division. His sleigh is an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
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Madonna, a student of Jewish mysticism, was arriving in Israel for the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown on Wednesday. The five-day visit, which includes trips to graves of rabbinical sages, brought
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One of the 10 people accused of an anti-Semitic attack on a New York subway train disputes it began after a passenger said "Happy Hanukkah," the suspect's lawyer said Friday.
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By Connie Bloom, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Dec. 16--The rabbi wore a dress, the service was projected in PowerPoint and eBay appeared in the lyrics of the Dreidel Song.
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For columnists around the world, Christmas is a time of extra good cheer. It&#39;s the time to write those silly columns that any columnist worth his salt can trundle out effortlessly.
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(Undated) Dec. 25, 2004 - As the world celebrates Christmas, there is new hope for peace abroad despite ever-present tensions. The crowds are larger than in recent years at Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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When the Dodgers face the San Francisco Giants this weekend in a three-game series beginning in San Francisco this weekend, most Jews will be in synagogue for the holiest day of the year.
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Mars will be unusually bright this Christmas Eve and the moon will be shining full  -  a development that might make Santa Claus rethink his need for Rudolph's red nose
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In the birthplace of Jesus, Muslims and Christians used to celebrate the season in peace. A TIME correspondent recalls holidays past in a troubled land