From Los Angeles to New York, many Hanukkah events are drawing connections between the holiday and the ongoing war in Israel. (JTA) — When tickets for Los Angeles’ Infinite Light Festival went ...

(JTA) – Late into the fourth night of Hanukkah in Israel on Wednesday, incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had successfully formed a new government coalition after more ...

This year feels different. The shadow of October 7th and our new realities as Jews has sharpened Hanukkah’s original meaning. The parallels are glaring: in Israel, we see the fight for Jewish ...

Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 164 B.C. of a group of Jewish people (the Maccabees) over the Syrian Greeks, who had been occupying the Land of Israel since before 167 B.C. Not only had the ...

The real tragedy is that while attention is diverted—while focus is placed on invisible enemies and deep-state ...

In this episode Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi consider how Hanukkah’s classical Zionist ... Festival of Lights has changed again after Israel’s recent war victories.

there are Rabbi Sarah Krinsky of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington prefers the spelling that starts with an H, includes one N, adds two Ks and concludes with an H (Hanukkah). Let’s see why ...