The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized the Temple in his efforts to Hellenize Judea. Resisting ...

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The eight-day Jewish holiday known as Hanukkah, also spelled Chanukah, commemorates the second century B.C. rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, after Jews had risen up against their ...

How a Large Hanukkah Menorah Symbolizes Light While a Kinara Represents Unity Do you know that over 10 million people in the United States celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa yearly? These holidays, though ...

Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common Hanukkah traditions. Even if you don’t know much about the Jewish religion, you probably recognize the candelabras that appear in windows every ...

A centerpiece of the Tabernacle is the Menorah, made of seven branches, three on the right and three on the left, rising to the same height as the central shaft (Exodus 25:31–40). Insight into its ...

On the first night of traditional menorah lightings, some communities and Jewish families are grappling with questions of meaning and safety. By Jacey Fortin For several years, a menorah has stood ...

America in the midst of our holiday season — a time for family, rest and hotly contested litigation over religious displays on government property. For this year’s installment, we have a “tree ...

In honor of Chanukah, Lt. Cmdr. Yonatan Warren, a Chaplain and Rabbi aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman’s (CVN 75), worked with Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department ...

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