Tag: Hanukkah

Must Israel still be afraid of Obama?

Can you take the Hellenism out of the Jew?

He did not mention that, had the Maccabees redeemed the Holy Temple today, they would surely have been condemned by the UN Security Council, with the US abstaining, because said Holy Temple stood in 'Occupied East Jerusalem.'

Why the Chanukkah miracles matter to the world today.

The Hebrew word Chanukah means "dedication." When the Greeks challenged Jewish life, a few courageous Jews took to the hills of Judea in open revolt against this threat.

Are the Religious Really Living and Teaching 'Love your fellow Jew'?

The Maccabeats present their Hanukkah Hamilton parody - Hasmonean.

Rabbi Levi Shemtov says he is privileged to supervise the "kosherizing" of the most important kitchen in the USA.

A pro-Trump protester yelled at Sharon Kleinbaum, clergywoman of LGBT Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, 'You would have been on the side of Antiochus rather than Judah the Maccabee.'

Say what you will, the man has great writers and – crucial – can deliver a line.

PM Netanyahu and his wife visited the Great Synagogue in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Astana, "in an Islamic country that honors coexistence."

a cappella for Chanuka

Do we have any brave Maccabees today that stand for truth?

Happy Rosh Khodesh!

Not really Sundays, but 6 long weekends a year.

Rivlin told the New York UJA Federation," We are all one family" and made it a point to refer to a Consrvative leader as a rabbi.

The Connecticut/Westchester branch of Friends of the IDF arranged for a Hanukkah party for Givati soldiers.

Among the children were many who had lost fathers in the line of duty or in terror attacks.

Tune in to this Hanukkah special to find out how Albert Einstein’s paradigm shattering discovery of E=MC2 dealt a final blow in the age old battle between the Hellenists and the Hebrew prophets.

Rivlin also will speak to senior officials and to the Brookings Institution.

Obama's Chief of Staff twisted Hanukkah into a holiday that is supposed to remind Jews of Muslim refugees, some of whom are proven terrorists.

Sufganiot (doughnuts) for sale at the Marzipan bakery in the Machane Yehuda shuk in Jerusalem, before the holiday of Chanukah.

Observant Jews cringe every year that Chanukah and Christmas overlap, leading to sacrilegious combinations of customs, but the kosher industry is losing out when...

Hebrew University will give its students the day off on Christmas for the first time ever. There will be no classes on Thursday, Dec. 25,...

The question now is this definite proof that Jews lived in the ancient settlement near Carmel?

It’s cute, inventive and raises an interesting question n Jewish law on appointing a representative to perform a mitzvah.

The annual Giant Chabad Menorah was lit without a ceremony this year in Martin Place, Sydney.

India may pull its vote in favor of the PA resolution before the UN Security Council and instead choosing abstention.

Is Sydney also going to turn out the lights on Christmas trees?

“It was crucial to my survival knowing that I was not forgotten.“