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Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is less a holiday and more the commemoration of a victory by Jews in 138 BCE against a larger army of Assyrian-Greeks. At stake: whether the Jews would be forced into worshipping the Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses. Led by a group of orthodox, non-integrationist warriors called

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, members of Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth held guidance training on how to combat violence.

"It’s horrible that we have to do that, but it’s a necessary piece of life today," said Barry Abels.