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When Jews really did wage a ‘war on Christmas’

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025Jesse Orine

On a frigid winter’s day in 1906, tens of thousands of Jewish parents in New York’s Lower East Side and Brooklyn kept their children home from school. It wasn’t a snow day, but a protest: Activists and the Yiddish press had called for a boycott of the Christmas assemblies and pageants that they knew Jewish […]

Doctor Who Christmas episodes linked to lower UK death rates

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023Arsen Mayer

A captivating Doctor Who episode aired during the festive season, particularly on Christmas Day, appears to be correlated with lower death rates in the subsequent year across the UK, as revealed by a study published in The BMJ’s Christmas issue. The findings shed light on the potential positive impact doctors can have by working during […]