Jews will soon be celebrating Hanukkah, the eight-day festival of lights (December 24-January 1). Passages in the Talmud direct Jews to â??publicize the miracleâ? of Hanukkah. We visited San Antonio, Texas, where the Jewish community holds an annual Hanukkah on the River celebration. Rabbi Chaim Block, executive director of the cityâ??s Chabad

The practice began in California and spread to 130 communities around the world. The mission of the Threshold Choir is to bring gentle a capella singing to people who are dying in hospitals and hospices, usually with three or four voices at a time. We accompanied the Washington, DC Threshold group as it comforted a patient during the last stages of

In this season of giving, correspondent Kim Lawton reports on the nondenominational Christian nonprofit called Mercy Chefs. During natural disasters and national emergencies, Mercy Chefs deploys mobile kitchens and teams of volunteer professional chefs to cook restaurant-quality meals for victims and first responders. The group says it tries to spr