Tag: Chanukah

“The building’s devastation is probably related to the region’s conquest by the Hasmonean leader Yochanan Horkenus around 112 BCE.”

Fulfilling his vow, Shlomo has spent the last three weeks responding to more than 150 medical emergencies.

Herzliya Mayor Moshe Fadlon deserves a bunch of kudos for his municipality's all-out Chanukah celebrations.

No Kamala, Chanukah is not about Tikun Olam and McLightly Light.

“Who would have believed that peace would come to our home in such a glorious way? It is a Hanukkah miracle,” says Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.

"The occupation state ... is exploiting every opportunity, and particularly the so-called 'Jewish holidays,’ in order to commit crimes," says P.A. Supreme Sharia Judge Mahmoud al-Habbash.

The site covers an area of 30 acres and only a portion of the Second Temple period's Jericho.

An intact oil lamp was discovered in the City of David's Pilgrimage Road.

Music, speeches and candle lighting...

This is so sad, but wait, there's even more "complicated" stuff.

The Health Ministry is demanding an increase in fines for violating the guidelines.

"Every year on Chanukah United Hatzalah volunteers are dispatched to far too many incidents of fires and injuries."

Called “Or Eitan” or “Share the Light,” the project allows Jews all over the world to upload photos of themselves lighting candles and wishing Happy Hanukkah to their family, friends and the entire Jewish people.

Daveed Diggs is a member of the tribe, and his Chanukah video (yes, we spell it several different ways, so sue me) is delightful.

With Israel's COVID-19 infection rate at 1.4 percent, Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy says that the increase in morbidity could lead to new coronavirus restrictions.

Gov. Phil Murphy favors gun control, but it's doubtful he would veto this exceedingly restrained and reasonable bill.

Thomas could be charged with murder, which is punishable by death under US law.

The federal charges could lead to a death penalty charge against Thomas if Josef Neumann, 72, who is comatose with a fractured skull from the attack, dies, God forbid.

One of Grafton's victims, Josef Neumann, 70, has not regained consciousness after suffering a skull fracture in the attack. He remains in dire condition.

Thomas was accused to entering the rabbi's home with a machete and trying to kill as many Chassidic Jews as possible.

Zot Chanukah is a reference in Torah literature to the eighth day of Chanukah, since on that day the Torah reading includes the verse Zot Chanukat Ha'Mizbe'ach (this is the inauguration of the altar).

He "grew up going there on a Friday afternoon to turn off the lights for them.”

“Anti-Semitism is on the rise. It is in the water. It is being fueled by a white nationalist administration."

At least 85 Geilenkirchen Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.

Dead Sea Regional Council leader Nir Wenger lit the menorah together with Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, Rabbi Shimon Elharar.

The large-scale excavation, carried out southeast of Tell Yavneh, has revealed a massive number of pottery kilns.

The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.

On Friday, Mayor de Blasio tweeted: "Hate doesn’t have a home in our city."

"It's not enough to condemn anti-Semitism – we have to confront it."

“We can’t even get through the eight days of Chanukah without a hate crime here in New York City.”