Menorah

Bondi Beach hero, Ahmed al-Ahmed, pauses recovery plans, meetings due to new severe pain

Ahmed had arrived in New York earlier in the week to pursue the next stage of what he described as his "treatment journey." During his stay, he had appeared on multiple US TV shows.

NEW SOUTH WALES Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed al Ahmed, who was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars and seized a rifle from one of the gunmen during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.
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

Police have opened an investigation after footage circulated online showing a child riding a scooter and extinguishing candles on a hanukkiah at the entrance to a residential courtyard in Ramle, the police announced on Sunday.

Police open probes into candle extinguishing during Hanukkah

A Hanukkah menorah.

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German Christians to present 265-pound golden menorah to Jerusalem

A life-size replica of the Temple lamp, the menorah is traveling from Germany via Rome to the port of Haifa.

German Christians design a replica of the Temple's menorah

Archaeologists unearth 2,000 year-old Second Temple era Beersheba settlement

During the excavation, archaeologist also found the earliest appearance of a menorah in art.

Second Temple era excavation site in Beersheba

Singapore takes public menorah lighting to next level

At an event welcoming Nati Rom, the founder of the Lev HaOlam organization, residents of Singapore fashioned an electric menorah to a giant kite.

Singapore mounts a menorah on a kite and flew it through the skies of the country

From missiles to menorah

What makes the candle lighting in Sderot worth mentioning is the fact that it is particularly symbolic of how the Jewish spirit looks for ways to turn tragedy into triumph.

ROCKETS ARE launched from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Sderot in August

Hannukah Menorah lights up capital of Kazakhstan for first time in years

The menorah was put on display outside the Pyramid of Peace and Reconciliation.

Menorah in Kazakhstan

How the U.S. military‏ got a taste of Hanukkah miracles

How Hanukkah interacted with the U.S. military.

Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins shows off several of his hanukkiot in his Jerusalem apartment; behind him are some of the 51 books he has published

Why religion and politics cannot mix

Among the more pressing challenges facing Israeli society today is the increasingly disturbing linkage between politics and religion.

Knesset building with State symbol 390

Menorah that belonged to Auschwitz victims returns to grandson

An empty house in Osnabruck led German reporters to relatives of its past owners.

From left to right: Hubert Baumeister, Roswitha Baumeister, Yotvat Palter Dycian, Aviva Palter, Guri Palter hold the menorah at the home of Hubert and Roswitha Baumeister in Osnabrück on February 5th

WATCH: Lighting the 8th candle with champion of Jewish tradition

Rachelle Fraenkel's son, Naftali, was abducted and killed by Hamas terrorists, and the strength of her spirit despite living through one of the worst tragedies to befall a parent inspired a nation.

Racheli Fraenkel

WATCH: New Jersey students break world record for largest human menorah

A representative from Guinness World Records certified that the formation was indeed the largest one in the world.

A reconstruction of the Temple’s menorah, created by the Temple Institute in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter