Hanukka

Pistachio, chocolate and a price freeze: Israel’s Hanukkah doughnut season begins

Maafe Neeman says it will keep last year’s prices despite rising ingredient costs, with traditional jam doughnuts at NIS 6 and elaborate versions at NIS 14.

A rainbow-sprinkled doughnut.
Barbie Holiday Sweater Doll

Hanukkah Barbie is here, and she actually got the Jewish holiday right - opinion

SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Australian parliament back from summer break to pass hate speech laws inspired on Bondi tragedy


Maccabees won, Jews still speak Hebrew: Future generations stand strong

We continue our ancient tradition and it gives us the strength to join together in our shared future.

A symbol of a 'chanuckia', used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, is displayed on the Old City walls of Jerusalem, on December 12, 2015. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple. The festival is observed by

Jerusalem families find creative ways to celebrate Hanukkah - Watch

Hundreds of apartment buildings hold small outdoor events as municipality turns to domestic tourism to bring city back to life during the pandemic

A candle lighting ceremony in the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem, on the last night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. December 9, 2018.

Farkash-Hacohen: UAE Hanukkah candle-lighting 'topples walls'

First Israeli-Dubai Digital Tourism Forum meeting with hundreds of participants from the UAE, Israel, held on Wednesday.

A giant menorah is lit up to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates December 10, 2020.

Old memo shows Tony Blinken knows to when to ignore Hanukkah joke advice

According to the declassified memo, which begins with “as per your request,” Blinken, who is Jewish, solicited the advice.

US Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken speaks on Syria at the White House in Washington. September 9, 2013.

We let our kids plan Hanukkah this year — and it taught me so much

We’ve had to learn how to adapt and bring what we could from our normal communal structures into our homes.

Marilyn Monroe Menorah

Patient creates medical hanukkiah in tribute to team who saved him

"I give them this hanukkiah with my whole heart," said Moshe Hartman.

Moshe Hartman created a custom Hanukkiah for the cardiac rehab team that treated him.

Reflections on Hanukkah 5781

It is a celebration of a miracle that was brought about by Jews refusing to be anything but Jews. Before meeting Greek culture, every theology and philosophy the Jews met was inferior to Judaism.


Wherefore the Hanukkah scroll?

Most Jews know only the legend about the miracle of the cruse of oil and very little about the actual military victories of the Maccabees.

TOMB OF the Maccabees near present-day Mevo Modi’im.

UAE, Bahraini and Israeli envoys light third Hanukkah candles together

"It was the year of the pandemic, but it was also the year of peace," said Israel Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer.

The Gulf-Israel Women's Forum brings children draped in the flags of Bahrain, Israel and the UAE to Jerusalem's Old City.

The UAE’s historic embrace of Hanukkah is part of a process - analysis

2019 was proclaimed as a year of tolerance in the UAE.

Rabbi Levi Duchman lights a candle to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates December 10, 2020.