Jews in Palestine, fighting Greeks. What nonsense! As is well known, at that period of time, the Jews were in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, busily inventing communism and capitalism.
Stav Appel is convinced that the artists of the Jean Noblet Tarot de Marseille were crypto-Jews who created a tool to preserve Jewish traditions in a manner that would elude detection.
It is important to remember that Hanukkah's roots focus on Jewish resilience.
There is a special feeling when seeing homes in all kinds of Jewish neighborhoods with hanukkiot shedding light from windows or outside front doors.
Dating back to ancient times, Hanukkah is not one of Judaism's most important or holiest holidays, but it is one of its most well-known.
The world's largest Hanukkah menorah has been set up by Chabad in New York City and will be lit by Mayor Eric Adams and Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan.
It seems that the preservation of the memory of Hanukkah, according to the Mishnaic and Talmudic sages, contains several fundamental elements.
With many thousands of non-Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union now residing throughout Israel, it is impossible to ignore the fact that there is more public awareness of Christmas here.
The holiday of Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees against the Syrian-Greeks and the recapturing, cleaning and rededicating of the Holy (Second) Temple in Jerusalem
This year, Hanukkah and Christmas overlap, so we are looking forward to welcoming visitors of all faiths to celebrate the two holidays.
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