Posts Tagged: Chanukah
After Bondi, What Hanukkah Really Means This Year
Before Hanukkah (and before the Bondi Beach massacre), my son asked me what the holiday is really about. Not the gifts, not the latkes, not even...
Unearthing the Hasmoneans: The Hanukkah-Era Wall That Speaks to Israel’s Present
Archaeology rarely makes headlines. But every so often, a discovery surfaces that does more than illuminate the past -- it clarifies the present. The newly uncovered...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed
Ahead of this year's celebration of Hanukkah, here are eight important facts about the holiday: 1. Hanukkah is the only Jewish holiday that commemorates an ancient...
New York Man Sentenced for Firing Shotgun Outside Synagogue
US federal law officials on Tuesday announced the sentencing of a man who fired a pump-action shotgun outside the Temple Israel synagogue in Albany, New...
Miracles Then and Now
JNS.org - Would you believe that it took a whole year for Chanukah to be recognized as a bona fide Jewish festival? But it’s true. Here’s...
Ukraine’s Jews Prepare for Chanukah During Wartime
JNS.org - Jewish communities in Ukraine are preparing to celebrate their third Chanukah under wartime conditions, hoping that light will dispel the darkness brought by...
Denying Jewish Sovereignty of Israel is Antisemitic
JNS.org - In just a few weeks, the Jewish people will celebrate Chanukah, commemorating the end of the Greek occupation of Jerusalem and the restoration...
‘Goodbye to Hanukkah’ New York Times Author Distances Herself as Criticism Mounts
The author of the “Goodbye to Hanukkah” New York Times article is backing away from it as criticism mounts. Sarah Prager provoked ire with her published...
‘Goodbye to Hannukah,’ Says a Headline in the Post-Judaism New York Times
The New York Times is greeting the holiday of Chanukah with an article by a woman explaining why she won’t transmit to her children her...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. Chanukah’s historical context is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus, and The Wars of the Jews. The Greek Empire...
As Last Night of Chanukah Falls, Human Rights Group Urges American Jews to Aid North Korean Freedom Struggle
A leading human rights group has appealed to the Jewish community to turn its thoughts on this last night of Chanukah to the plight of...
A Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. Chanukah (×—× ×•×›×”) is education (×—× ×•×›)-oriented. According to the first book of Maccabees, Judah the Maccabee instituted an eight day holiday on the 25th day of the Jewish month of...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday which commemorates a Land of Israel national liberation struggle, unlike Passover (the Exodus from Egypt), Sukkot/Tabernacles & Shavouot/Pentacost...
Modern Day Lessons from the Chanukah Story
The story of Chanukah we hear year in and year out is about the triumph of the gallant few Maccabee rebels against the might...
