Chanukah is often described as a festival of light, warmth, and resilience. That description is not wrong—but it is ...
The first time I lit a Hanukkah candle as a Jew wasn’t at a synagogue or around a large family table. It was in a tiny ...
It's not a generic 'light in the darkness' tale. It's about preserving what makes a culture distinct and valuable.
Hanukkah is the only Jewish holiday without a biblical book. But all Jews — not only New York literati and Hollywood ...
In Israel today, Chanukah has become a holiday that inspires the modern nation, as it commemorates the ancient struggle for ...
Few ancient sites in the Holy Land have ignited the imagination like the lost tombs of the Maccabees, the family that led a Jewish rebel army to victory against Seleucid religious repression in the ...
At a Chanukah candle-lighting at the Western Wall, the Israeli prime minister said the nation's military forces are ...
The story of Chanukah is all about restoring safety, dignity and freedom. It’s what Israelis have been doing for the past two years.The post Modern-day Maccabees appeared first on JNS.org.