The Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center held its first-ever Hanukkah Party on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, celebrating the Jewish heritage in the community. The museum smelled of freshly fried ...

Following the voting session at the Knesset Plenum on Tuesday, a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony was held for the first time in the Knesset's history. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana recited the ...

A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed ...

On the eighth and final night of Hanukkah, Israeli actress and activist Noa Tishby was joined for candle lighting by popular Israeli actress Gal Gadot‬. “As far as being a child in Israel and ...

On the sixth night of Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights, the Jewish community turned out for the lighting of a menorah at Spartanburg's Barnet Park. Elliott McCarthy, spiritual leader ...

Anne Sheela Samuel and her daughter Rivka light the menorah candles for Hanukkah at their Kovai home, part of a small remaining Jewish community in Tamil Nadu. Anne, who embraced Judaism after ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Mendon Town Hall on West Main Street will hold a public menorah lighting on Wednesday to mark the eighth and final night of Hanukkah. The ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m. and ...

An attack on a Hanukkah menorah that had paint thrown over it and some of its branches ripped down is being treated as a hate crime. The menorah in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, was vandalised on ...

Ohio entrepreneur Neal Hoffman's Jewish spin on the popular Elf on a Shelf plush toy captivated sharks Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec and is still going strong. It's been 10 years since Ohio ...

During Hanukkah Jews light a nine-branched candelabra, called a Menorah, from the Hebrew word for lamp, which they often put in their window to be seen from the street. This menorah is symbolic of the ...