Were your boots ready for St. Nicholas Day on December 6? The saint’s habit of secret gift-giving inspired the traditional figure of Santa Claus. Each...
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Johann Sebastian Bach had an explosively productive year when he started working as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The date: May 1723. The job: Thomaskantor, or...
Starting on December 7, Jews will celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, commemorating the rededication of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in 200 BC...
Germany is struggling to find trade workers as high school graduates pursue less physically demanding careers. Now a program in a flood-hit region is...
Olaf Scholz became the first German chancellor to light Berlin’s central Hanukkah menorah, in what he called a sign of “solidarity” with Jews...
