The full 2026 programme is still to be announced but last year's headliners included Diana Ross, McFly and Rick Astley.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The Hanukkah story that most Jews know is not the story Jews once told – and it will not be the story Jews will tell in the future. Across two thousand years, Hanukkah has been repeatedly ...

Yisrael Ganz, the Governor of Binyamin and Chairman of the Yesha Council, participated in an early Hanukkah candle lighting event that took place this past weekend in Congress, led by US House Speaker ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Rebellion was brewing in the Middle East in 165 BCE. The Syrian Greeks, led by their king, Antiochus, had attempted to impose heathen practices on the Jewish population. The practice of circumcision ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival celebrating the reconsecration of the Jerusalem temple. The holiday's focus has shifted over time from a military victory to the miracle of oil lasting for ...

The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah commemorates ancient Jews’ victory over the powerful Seleucid empire, which ruled much of the Middle East from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D ...