Many of us grew up with a straightforward Hanukkah story. It is a parable of resilience, told and retold throughout the ages, and a powerful metaphor for the Jewish people: We endure despite repeated, often brutal efforts to snuff us out. This retel...

In the days after early voting started in Georgia last month, sorority parties broke out around Atlanta. In suburban Mableton, Ga., dozens of women wearing the pink and green colors of their sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, danced the “Cha-Cha Slide” on...