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A Chanukah menorah created by two Israel Police sappers out of fragments of rockets launched into Israel by Hezbollah. Credit: Courtesy.
The real message of Chanukah
To avoid both destruction and assimilation, Jews have to fight for who they are and what they stand for.
Melanie Phillips
Dec. 26, 2024
A menorah in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.
Miracles then and now
Chanukah reminds us to keep the fires burning.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Dec. 26, 2024
Chanukah menorah. Credit: Cottonbro Studio/Pexels.
World extends Chanukah greetings ahead of holiday
The holiday is commemorated by the lighting of the menorah, symbolizing the rededication of the Second Temple.
Dec. 25, 2024
A family lights the chanukiyah in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, on the third night of Chanukah, on Dec. 24, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
A guide to Chanukah 2024
As Jewish families worldwide prepare to welcome the holiday, here are some basics about the eight-day “Festival of Lights.”
Dec. 25, 2024
A menorah in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.
This year more than ever, don’t conflate Christmas and Chanukah
With antisemitism surging and Israel besieged on multiple fronts, embrace the true meaning of the “Festival of Lights” rather than pretending it’s a blue-tinsel version of your neighbor’s holiday.
Jonathan S. Tobin
Dec. 22, 2024
The Posner family's Chanukah menorah at their home in Berlin, Germany, 1931. Credit: Yad Vashem.
Ensuring Jewish security and celebration this Chanukah season
It is a time to stand proudly as Jews, recognizing that ensuring the safety of those celebrations requires preparation, vigilance and action.
Dov Ben-Shimon
Dec. 19, 2024
A depiction of the Temple Menorah by Ephraim Moshe Lilien, 1903. Source: public domain/Wikimedia
The passion of oil
A Chanukah message from the miracle of the menorah.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Dec. 13, 2023
Screenshot of a post on X by Douglas Emhoff, husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, on Dec. 11, 2023. Source: X.
Emhoff mocked for social-media post misstating Chanukah story
Emhoff, who is married to Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that the Jews went into hiding for eight days with just a "few drops of oil."
Dec. 11, 2023
The Maccabean revolt of 2023
Special Chanukah episode of the Caroline Glick Show “In-Focus”
Caroline B. Glick
Dec. 11, 2023