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ALBAWABA - Jewish far-right groups are planning to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem today on the first day of Hanukkah, a joint stateme

If we want to see this campus be a place of productive, compassionate dialogue on this issue, all students, and especially those who belong to affected communities cannot be made to feel afraid to share their feelings and their story. By cheering on antisemitic harassment, Professor Gustafson is sabotaging those efforts.

Thursday evening marked the beginning of Chanukah, the Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against

Hundreds of Jews shared responses with CNN about their faith, their fears and how rising antisemitism is shaping their celebration of Hanukkah this year.

Starting on December 7, Jews will celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, commemorating the rededication of Jerusalem's Second Temple in 200 BC.

NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to honor Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that begins Dec. 7.

This year, Jewish communities in the Tri-Valley are celebrating Hanukkah with a number of public events. Rabbis from the area have encouraged residents to connect with joy, faith and love this holiday season.

WHEELING — In the eyes of Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling’s Temple Shalom, the war being waged between Israel and Hamas makes the message of Hanukkah — which begins this evening — even more relevant. Hanukkah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucids. In 167 B.C., the Seleucids, a Syrian-Greek empire, outlawed Judaism […]

Hanukkah – commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and the subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the second century BCE – starts at sundown tonight, Thursday, Dec. 7, and lasts until sundown Dec. 15. Like the Hindu festival of Diwali, which was celebrated in November, and the feast of Christmas (Dec. 25), […]

WHEELING — In the eyes of Rabbi Joshua Lief of Wheeling’s Temple Shalom, the war being waged between Israel and Hamas makes the message of Hanukkah — whic