Hanukkah

Feared casualties, multiple injured in mass shooting at Hanukkah party at Bondi Beach, Australia

A member of the Jewish community spoke to The Jerusalem Post and stated the shooting occured at a Hanukkah party.

Two shooters wearing black, targetting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025.
‘King Solomon's Legend’ at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.

Hanukkah lights up Israel with festivals, tours, shows and family fun

Salves of Jerusalem healing and holistic workshops

Hanukkah fun in Jerusalem: Activities for everyone for the Jewish festival of lights

Hanukkiot for sale at Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv in December, 2025.

Hanukkah in real time: What if the miracle never stopped? - opinion


Your Investments: The learning power of Hanukkah, using gelt as educational tool for kids

Never spend your money before you have earned it. – Thomas Jefferson

An illustrative image of a cat alongside Hanukkah paraphenalia.

This Hanukkah, my synagogue is illuminating our walls with relics of our Jewish immigrant stories

What better place to encourage people to learn and share their own immigrant history, digging out the details of who came when, from where and why?

An exhibition launching in December 2025 at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism in New York City celebrates congregants' family immigration stories.

WATCH: Newly-obtained footage shows six Gaza hostages lighting Hanukkah candles in Hamas tunnel

The footage, obtained by the IDF, shows the six hostages, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi, who were murdered by Hamas in 2024.

IDF-obtained footage of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi lighting Hanukkah candles while in Hamas captivity.

Freed hostages Gali, Ziv Berman return to Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity - N12

Freed hostages Gali and Ziv Berman return to the Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity, honoring fellow hostages and expressing hope for Ran Gvili's return.

Freed hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman attend an Israeli soccer match, Tel Aviv, November 9, 2025; illustrative.

Jewish film fest brings holiday food for thought 

One of the highlights of the festival is the International Film Competition, which will award the Schoumann Prize for Jewish Cinema

‘HITLER’S REICH – A German Journal’ will be shown at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.

Jews need new story of Hanukkah or risk losing next Jewish generation to disillusionment - opinion

It is time for a new Hanukkah, kind and compassionate, turning narrow nationalism into a universalist pursuit of the world to come promised by our prophets.

 An illustrative image of Hanukkah candles lit.

Hanukkah events and family activities at the National Library

Performances, children’s shows, and family tours are among the highlights of the National Library’s Hanukkah activities.

Education and fun at the National Library.

As Hanukkah approaches, a closer look at what keeps Jews strong – opinion

Amid rising threats, Hanukkah offers an opportunity to look at the strategies that shape Jewish continuity, identity, and strength.

Hanukkiot are on sale at the Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem. This Sunday, let’s ignite meaningful discussion as Jews start lighting Hanukkah candles, the writer suggests.

Eight New Olim Celebrate Their First Hanukkah as Israelis

The holiday of light takes on new meaning for new immigrants building a home in Israel

Adina Spiewak and her family

US 'Dancing with the Stars' airs first Hanukkah-themed dance in holiday special

Viewers saw Alan Bersten and Valentin Chmerkovskiy, both Jewish, dancing to “Miracle” by Matisyahu.

Dancing with the Stars Hanukkah Special, December 7, 2025

The struggle to perceive miracles in real time links Hanukkah’s origins to recent events - opinion

From the Maccabees to modern Israel, people miss miracles as they occur and grasp them only later.

The site of the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last year, in Beirut’s southern suburbs: Today’s Jews can’t perceive the miraculous nature of the events of the last two years, the writer maintains.