Chanukah is often described as a festival of light, warmth, and resilience. That description is not wrong—but it is incomplete. And when Jews are targeted for celebrating openly, dangerously so. The ...

Hanukkah’s miracle was not the oil alone, but the courage to light it. Today, a new generation keeps that flame alive. This Hanukkah, as we light the flames that commemorate an ancient miracle, I find ...

We live in an age of miracles and wonders! One of the most significant modern miracles is the Jewish State’s rebirth, like a phoenix, from the ashes of the Holocaust. The young Jewish pioneers at the ...

Morning Torah study. Afternoon academic training with Ashkelon College; and IDF service in haredi units. Chedvata enables young haredi men to serve in the IDF and earn an academic degree while ...

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IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir lit the eighth candle of Hanukkah on Sunday with the soldiers of the haredi Hashmonaim Brigade. During the visit, a festive ceremony was held, during which the Chief of ...

Chanukah celebrates the courage of Jews determined to preserve their faith and identity in their homeland in the face of existential threat. On the first night of Chanukah, Jews around the world, and ...

Netanyahu said that the soldiers had fought a war of "the people of culture, the people of light against the people of darkness," that they were winning and performing miracles through their bravery.

Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was younger and far less observant, I appreciated the holiday's ...

Two centuries before the birth of Christ, Judah Maccabee led a revolt by Jews against the Greek-Syrian forces in order to reclaim the city of Jerusalem and reoccupy the Second Temple, a successful ...

Family traditions like lighting the menorah, making latkes, and playing dreidel are central to the holiday's celebration. The author notes a rise in antisemitism, citing data from the Anti-Defamation ...