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 ...

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 ...

Jewish devotees of the New York Times’ game Strands came in for a shock when the day’s puzzle offered up a Hanukkah theme — and then seemed to botch it. Strands is a word-search game where ...

Wednesday was the first day of 2025 and the last day of Hanukkah, and Yo La Tengo wrapped up this year’s celebration residency at Bowery Ballroom with a number of old friends. And family.

It is not a coincidence that Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which Jews around the world are celebrating this week, occurs during the darkest time of the year. It is only against the darkness ...

The North Shore Synagogue, the Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce and community members lit the community menorah on Dec. 25 to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. “As the sun set upon ...

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More than 400 bereaved Israeli youth were treated to an unforgettable Hanukkah surprise when Israeli superstar and war hero Idan Amedi arrived by helicopter for a private performance at their ...

It is hard to beat celebrating the final night of Hanukkah with “Wonder Woman” — but that is exactly what Noa Tishby is doing on Wednesday, with Gal Gadot lighting the menorah alongside the ...

The fifth night of Hanukkah on Sunday merged a celebration and a Buffalo Bills watch party at the Pittsford Library parking lot. It all started with a car parade from The Jewish Home to the library.

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 ...

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 ...