Hanukka

Australian parliament back from summer break to pass hate speech laws inspired on Bondi tragedy

The proposed laws will also ease visa denials on the grounds of racial bigotry and lower the threshold for banning hate organizations, including neo-Nazi groups, officials said.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.
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Israeli wounded confronting terrorists in Bondi Beach to continue treatment in Israel

Alleged Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram.

Bondi Beach massacre gunmen acted alone, not tied to ISIS, Australian police commissioner says

Woman blows out candles of menorah in Tel Aviv mall.

Police investigate after woman goes viral for blowing out Hanukkah candles in Tel Aviv mall


Old memo shows Tony Blinken knows to when to ignore Hanukkah joke advice

According to the declassified memo, which begins with “as per your request,” Blinken, who is Jewish, solicited the advice.

US Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken speaks on Syria at the White House in Washington. September 9, 2013.

We let our kids plan Hanukkah this year — and it taught me so much

We’ve had to learn how to adapt and bring what we could from our normal communal structures into our homes.

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Patient creates medical hanukkiah in tribute to team who saved him

"I give them this hanukkiah with my whole heart," said Moshe Hartman.

Moshe Hartman created a custom Hanukkiah for the cardiac rehab team that treated him.

Reflections on Hanukkah 5781

It is a celebration of a miracle that was brought about by Jews refusing to be anything but Jews. Before meeting Greek culture, every theology and philosophy the Jews met was inferior to Judaism.


Wherefore the Hanukkah scroll?

Most Jews know only the legend about the miracle of the cruse of oil and very little about the actual military victories of the Maccabees.

TOMB OF the Maccabees near present-day Mevo Modi’im.

UAE, Bahraini and Israeli envoys light third Hanukkah candles together

"It was the year of the pandemic, but it was also the year of peace," said Israel Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer.

The Gulf-Israel Women's Forum brings children draped in the flags of Bahrain, Israel and the UAE to Jerusalem's Old City.

The UAE’s historic embrace of Hanukkah is part of a process - analysis

2019 was proclaimed as a year of tolerance in the UAE.

Rabbi Levi Duchman lights a candle to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates December 10, 2020.

The table used to stop Monsey attacker is turned into a menorah stand

Emblazoned on its sides are the Hebrew words marked on dreidels typically in Israel — “A big miracle happened here.”

A WOMAN holds a hanukkiah during a solidarity rally in Brooklyn on December 29 following the attack in Monsey on Jews who were celebrating the seventh night of Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi.

Virtual Dreidel: A game made for coronavirus Hanukkah

Rabbi Shayna Golkow knew she wanted to do something to help disappointed campers capture some of the spirit of the season.

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Pascale's Kitchen: One dough, three dishes

In honor of Hanukkah, each kitchen boasts its own special delicacy, with frying being common among all.