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A Hanukkah menorah on the last night of the eight-day Jewish holiday, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Dec. 19, 2017. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.

Chanukah

A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock.

Car-menorah parades set to light up cities worldwide

Chanukah’s message of religious freedom and the power of youth resonate this year in particular.

November 30, 2023

Beignet. Credit: Pixabay.

Everything’s better with beignets for Chanukah

Add a taste of the American South to the table.

Ethel G. Hofman

November 27, 2023

Young adults in their 20s and 30s build community with challah. Courtesy: NuRoots.

Amid rising Jew-hatred in LA, Federation to host ‘Infinite Light’ young-adult Chanukah festival

“Despite these dark days, we must always remember to find light. We must always remember what makes being Jewish so wonderful,” stated Rabbi Noah Farkas, head of the L.A. Federation.

November 24, 2023

The Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., January 2023. Photo by Jud McCranie via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel reportedly having trouble getting artifacts loaned to White House

The objects, from the Israel Antiquities Authority, are said to be at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

July 19, 2023

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.

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.

December 26, 2022