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Lublin, Poland. Credit: Pankrzysztoff via Wikimedia Commons.
Catholic university in Poland hosts candle-lighting on last day of Chanukah
It is the third time that the menorah has been kindled together by interfaith groups in Lublin.
Jan. 2, 2025
President Isaac Herzog lights the eighth Chanukah candle in Kibbutz Hatzerim together with former Hamas captives, Jan. 1, 2025. Credit: Israeli President's Spokesperson.
Herzog lights eighth Chanukah candle with freed hostages
The Israeli president asked for forgiveness and offered words of encouragement, comfort and hope.
Jan. 2, 2025
Senai Guedalia, the widow of Yosef Guedalia, a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces killed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, 2023, lights the first Chanukah candle on his grave at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Dec. 25, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Resilience is the path forward
The bereaved families that I have met are inspiring people, they get up every morning, holding the deepest pain in one hand and hope in the other.
Eliana Mandell Braner
Jan. 1, 2025
The children's sign hails "Fauda" star Idan Amedi (right) as a king and a hero. He and OneFamily Chairman Marc Belzberg pose with children who have lost a parent or sibling to terrorism or war, at Kibbutz Revivim in the Negev, Dec. 30, 2024. Credit: OneFamily.
Israeli star Idan Amedi surprises bereaved youth at Chanukah camp
"Healing doesn’t happen alone.”
Jan. 1, 2025
Lighting the Chanukah menorah at the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem, Dec. 31, 2024. Credit: The Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
Ambassadors attend Western Wall Chanukah lighting to combat Jew-hatred
"There are nations and countries, led by the United States, standing by our side in this struggle with the torch of freedom in their hands."
Jan. 1, 2025
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (left) lights Chanukah candles at the ceremony. Photo by Amelie Botbol.
Oct. 7 heroes honored at Knesset Chanukah ceremony
The event was led by Iris Haim, whose son, Yotam, was one of three hostages misidentified as Hamas terrorists and accidentally killed last year.
Amelie Botbol
Dec. 31, 2024
Ancient coins minted under King Alexander Jannaeus, found in the Jordan Valley. Photo by Shai Bar/The Zinman Institute of Archaeology.
Chanukah discovery: Rare coins unearth Hasmonean history
The cash, minted under King Alexander Jannaeus, was found in the Jordan Valley.
Hanan Greenwood and Assaf Golan
Dec. 30, 2024
“The New York Times” building in Midtown Manhattan. Photo by Carin M. Smilk.
‘NYT’ misspells Chanukah, cites challah, brisket, kugel as holiday’s foods
"Thanks for the stereotyping," wrote the executive director of a Lawrence, N.Y. Orthodox synagogue, of the newspaper's game Strands.
Dec. 29, 2024
Then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem on Aug. 19, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Protesters disrupt Chabad menorah-lighting with Huckabee in Arkansas
"This blatant antisemitism is unacceptable—those responsible should be charged with intimidation and harassment," StopAntisemitism stated.
Dec. 27, 2024