On Chanuka we celebrate the victory of the Jewish army lead by the heroic Chashmona’im over the Greek invaders. This military victory was accompanied by a religious revival marked by the rededication ...

(JTA) — Immanuel Chanuka was known for the care he showed to elderly members of the Copenhagen Jewish community. He would visit them in the hospital and bring them food after they were released. He ...

I recently saw a flyer advertising an Antizionist Chanuka party. I thought this was hilarious given that Chanuka is perhaps the most Zionist Jewish holiday of all. We celebrate the indigenous Jewish ...

Some suggest that it was for the benefit of wayfarers who might be lodging in the synagogue overnight and not have candles of their own, as in ancient times the synagogue was frequently used as a ...

The lattke is the first dish that I am presenting in my Take Back December campaign, my small but sincere attempt to take a part of December back for Chanuka from another holiday that shall remain ...

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Since it has just been scientifically proven in the“>My Jewish Learning, the dreidel most likely started as a 4-sided top that originated in England and Ireland in the 1500’s called a totum. The totum ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Chabad Texas Towns is inviting the community to a public menorah lighting at Westgate Mall this Sunday. Event organizers say the Roving Rabbis will light a public six-foot ...

(JTA) — Immanuel Chanuka was known for the care he showed to elderly members of the Copenhagen Jewish community. He would visit them in the hospital and bring them food after they were released. He ...