Hanukkah

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. “Judith and Holofernes” (c. 1599). Credit: Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome.

Minneapolis art exhibit depicting Chanukah heroine Judith centers on ‘ghastly’ Caravaggio decapitation

“It is hard not to read Caravaggio’s tumultuous life and tendency to solve problems with a sword into this extraordinary picture,” curator Rachel McGarry told JNS.

Menachem Wecker

May 5, 2023

Lewberger comedy band (from left): Alex Lewis, Keith Habersberger, Hughie Stone Fish and Shaq Hester. Photo by Lisa Pavlova.

Comedy band Lewberger infuses quirky performances with Jewish identity

The non-Jewish member of the trio has even started celebrating Passover.

David Swindle

March 30, 2023

Al Sharpton attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 25, 2008. Credit: Dave Winer via Wikimedia Commons.

The Jewish community should applaud Al Sharpton’s condemnation of antisemitism

We should reject all attempts by antisemites to drive a wedge between blacks and Jews.

Shmuley Boteach

January 8, 2023

The world's largest menorah in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza, Dec. 29, 2016. Credit: Chaim Perl/Chabad.org.

World’s largest menorah lit up Chanukah this year

New York dignitaries join in show of solidarity in the face of darkness.

December 27, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and JNS Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Nov. 20, 2020. Photo by Ronny Przysucha/U.S. Department of State.

Top 25 most important news stories of 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iranian women protesting oppression and antisemitism coming back into fashion were just a few of the attention-grabbers this past year.

Bradley Martin

December 26, 2022

The ice-carved menorah commissioned by Upper East Side (UES) Chabad Israel Center, before and after it was smashed. Credit: Twitter.

Ice menorah smashed at Upper East Side Chabad

A shattered Chanukah menorah stationed at East 93rd Street and Second Avenue marks the second holiday attack that occurred at the same center.

December 23, 2022

Kent M. Swig (right), president of Swig Equities, with Rabbi Shmuel Butman of the Lubavitch Youth Organization. Credit: Courtesy of Swig Equities.

World’s largest Chanukah menorah lit by Kent M. Swig

President of Swig Equities joins Rabbi Shmuel Butman of the Lubavitch Youth Organization to light the world’s largest menorah.

December 22, 2022

Toys donated in Federation CJA's annual Women’s Philanthropy Tov Hanukkah gift drive. Courtesy of Federation CJA.

More than 50 volunteers power Canadian Hanukkah gift drive

“Not only did we ask community members to drop off new toys, but we also gave them the opportunity to donate funds towards funding gifts for teens,” Federation CJA Director of Women’s Philanthropy Myriam Ifrah said.

December 22, 2022

U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Timmy Davis (left) and Israeli diplomat Iris Ambor at a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the US Embassy in Doha, Dec. 20, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Israeli diplomats light Hanukkah candles in Qatar

The Jewish community in the country is growing, Chabad emissary Rabbi Eli Chitrik said.

December 22, 2022

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