Jewish and Israeli Holidays
The “Lighting up the North” project, which will see the menorah lit up across northern Israel over the holiday, “shows our strength and power as a nation for good,” said Israel Police bomb-disposal specialist Yossi Hod.
From Kiryat Shmona to Melbourne, from Sderot to Washington, from Jerusalem to Paris, anyone can light a virtual candle.
“CUNY Hunter’s failure to protect its Jewish community underscores a deeply troubling systemic issue,” according to the Lawfare Project.
“It’s not about how many you are. It is about standing for justice and standing with determination,” Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz told JNS.
“They took away his freedom but they can’t take away his faith,” Shelly Shem Tov told an audience at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
“Candle-lighting is more than a burning flame,” Danny Danon said at an event marking the holiday at the United Nations. “It is a true declaration that darkness can be driven out.”
The Chanukah events at Judaism’s second-holiest site will be held under the slogan, “For the miracles, the mighty deeds and the wars.”
“By convening at this time, you are excluding a segment of our community from participating in an important public forum,” Alderman Debra Silverstein wrote.
“As we gather here tonight, extensive efforts are being made to bring about a new hostage deal,” said Michael Herzog, the Israeli envoy in Washington.
“The light of truth always overcomes the darkness of terror,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson during the ceremony, which used his personal menorah.
President Joe Biden calls on Jews to “keep the faith” as he pledges to free the remaining hostages from Gaza.
Holiday kits are being distributed as communities plan central menorah-lighting ceremonies, despite Russian attacks.
