Hundreds attended the 39th annual menorah lighting downtown Thursday.

1st night of Hanukkah lights up Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, is the highest-level ...

Emhoff says 3 college presidents showed a 'lack of moral clarity' on antisemitism

A candlestick, delicious potato pancakes, the spinning dreidel: What ...

Briefly explained - the festival of lights
What exactly do Jews celebrate on Hanukkah?
Quick Glance: Understanding Chanukka: Significance and Celebrations
- A menorah, delicious latkes, and the spinning dreidel: What does Chanukka mean for Jewish life?
- This year, many feel the message of the Festival of Lights is especially important, including the Chancellor.
- It is celebrated by lighting a menorah in honor of Chanukka, the Jewish Festival of Lights.
- Devout Jews around the world celebrate Chanukka for eight days.

Congress has opened an investigation into Harvard, M.I.T ...

Universities Face Congressional Inquiry and Angry Donors Over Handling of Antisemitism
Quick Glance: US College Presidents Testify on Campus Antisemitism
- Jewish students report antisemitic threats and assaults.
- University administrators accused of failing to protect Jewish people.
- Testimony to House Committee on Education on the rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
- Frequent pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrations on campus have raised allegations of antisemitism.

At the beginning of the Hanukkah Festival of Lights, Chancellor Scholz called ...

Hanukkah celebration in Berlin
Scholz calls for solidarity with Jews in Germany

Harvard University’s president apologized as pressure mounted for the University of ...

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on campus antisemitism
The Met wants to ensure "everyone is safe and feels safe to ...

Hanukkah
Police provide more protection to Jewish community during Festival of Lights

🇮🇹 Now in Rome: The Jewish community leads a powerful rally against antisemitism and terrorism.
📸: Matan Zahavi via Maariv

Event organizers decry antisemitism after company makes 'shameful decision' ...

Undeterred by heavy snow, absent buses, thousands rally for Israel in Ottawa, Canada

Despite widespread resentment towards Israel, Jews in Armenia reject ...

Peaceful coexistence and international grievances
Understanding Jewish-Armenian relations

Dr Elliot Sorene, a London surgeon, says he and his family are fearful of what the future holds.

Jewish Londoners suffer 'worst two months'

Attacks including fatal shootings of Palestinians by Jewish settlers have risen ...

Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages
Quick Glance: US Imposes Travel Ban on Extremist West Bank Settlers
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces travel bans for extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
- The bans are a response to a series of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
- The measure was announced after a warning to Israel about attacks by the Biden administration.
- The US is calling on Israel to hold extremist settlers accountable and take action to prevent further attacks.

This year, the most powerful lessons can be found in the holiday's partial victories, flawed heroes and internal strife

Hanukkah as the messy middle

The war between Israel and Hamas, as well as a rise in antisemitism ...

Hanukkah celebrations inspire Jewish joy despite war and increasing antisemitism

Although it often ranks number two as a city in Greece, Thessaloniki is number one in ...

Thessaloniki
The Undisputed Capital of Greek Sweets - GreekReporter.com

The Cambridge City Council in Massachusetts recently rejected a proposed resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ... Show more

Olaf Scholz became the first German chancellor to light Berlin's central Hanukkah menorah, calling it a signal that Jews in Germany have a "right to be ... Show more

Photos and videos of Hamas detainees, stripped of their clothes, have been circulating on ...

Images circulate of dozens of Hamas terrorists surrendering in Gaza

How do German Jews deal with the current wave of anti-Semitism? Because there is a strange ...

The loneliness of the Jews
The loudest silence of all time

The disillusioned young US Jews who made the controversial film say their Jewish education failed ...

‘Israelism:’ A damning critique of how we teach about Israel

More than 500 staffers at over 140 Jewish organizations across the country ...

Hundreds of Jewish organization staffers call for White House to back Gaza cease-fire

Concerned over fate of Jewish state and rising antisemitism in US ...

Hanukkah theme of light shines hope for Florida Jews during Israel-Hamas war

Whether a call for genocide against Jews violates the rules at the elite ...

What's happening again?
Why the Harvard president is accused of anti-Semitism

Soldiers will stand guard over Israel's embassy as well as Copenhagen's synagogue ...

Denmark orders military to protect Israeli, Jewish sites in country

People around the world debate what Jesus really looked like. What does the historical evidence actually ...

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What Did Jesus Really Look Like?

The Festival of Lights is marked around the world amid a difficult ...

In pictures
Germany's Scholz lights first candle as Hanukkah celebrated around the world

The White House has condemned a group of protesters who massed and chanted ...

White House blasts protest of Israeli restaurant in Philadelphia as 'unjustifiable'

Hear some of our favorite stories about the festival of lights, plus a special Tiny Desk performance by The LeeVees.

Hanukkah Lights 2023

The Jewish musician Gil Ofarim confesses in court: the alleged anti-Semitic incident never ...

Ofarim trial
Hotel manager is happy about the end of the odyssey
Quick Glance: Ofarim Admits False Accusation in Defamation Case
- Gil Ofarim drops bombshell with confession on the sixth day of the trial.
- Musician admits to lying about alleged antisemitic incident.
- Defamation and false accusation case closed after singer's confession.
- Ofarim deletes incriminating video and confesses to lying.

Ivy League presidents are facing backlash over their remarks to on-campus antisemitism ...

Ivy League presidents face backlash over remarks on antisemitism

Harvard University president Claudine Gay apologized for her ...

Harvard president apologizes for her disastrous testimony at antisemitism hearing
‘Words matter’

As Jews nationwide celebrate Hanukkah, some communities find resistance among non-Jews who ...

Hanukkah symbols, songs suddenly political for some as war continues

The majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the country cautioned ...

Schumer Condemns Antisemitism, Warning the Left Against Abetting It
Quick Glance: Schumer Warns Against Unwittingly Aiding Antisemitism
- The country's highest-ranking Jewish official cautions against unwittingly embracing bigotry in the name of social justice.
- The Senator warns that some liberals and young people are aiding and abetting antisemitism amid Israel's fight against Hamas.
- The division between progressives and mainstream Democrats extends to the debate over military aid to Israel.
- The Senator emphasizes that vitriol against Israel and Jews in the US has crossed into widespread antisemitism.

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday weighed in on ...

Liz Cheney says she was disgusted by school leaders’ testimony to Congress on antisemitism

A Jewish man was beaten and robbed on Thursday, the first day of Hanukkah ...

Jewish man beaten and robbed in potential hate crime in Brooklyn, NYPD says

As is well known, in the long history of the left there have always been many Jews ...

Left-wing Jews are torn between their values and the intensifying conflict

Hanukkah is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” Each night from Dec. 7-15 this year ...

What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated around the world

For there to be any hope, both Israelis and Palestinians need new leaders

Despite the war in Gaza, talk of a two-state solution persists

Concerns have been raised that march organized by ultranationalists could spark ...

Far-right groups plan march through Jerusalem Old City’s Muslim Quarter Thursday

Steven Spielberg has made public remarks about the deadly October 7 Hamas ...

Steven Spielberg comments on ‘unspeakable barbarity against Jews’ in Oct. 7 attacks

Billionaire Bill Ackman says Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents ‘must all resign in disgrace’
cnn.com/2023/12/06/investing/bill-ackman-harvard-penn-antisemitism/


Israeli health expert Yael Sherer is at the forefront of taking testimonies and ...

Years of investigations lie ahead for Hamas's victims of sexual abuse

When the last British High Commissioner for the Mandate of Palestine and Transjordan, Sir Alan Cunningham, boarded the HMS "Euryalus" in Haifa on May 14, 1948 ... Show more

Ireland is one of the most vocal supporters of Palestinian rights in the EU. Here are some of the reasons why:

The West must increasingly ask itself the question: Does the way Israel ...

Middle East conflict
Israel wants to wipe out Hamas - but the plan won't work (Opinion)

David Teeger, who was set to captain South Africa’s under-19 cricket ...

Inquiry to investigate SA under-19 cricket captain’s pro-Israel comments at awards ceremony
Quick Glance: Investigation into SA U-19 Cricket Captain's Pro-Israel Comments
- An independent inquiry has been appointed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to address comments made by U-19 cricket captain David Teeger.
- The Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) lodged an official complaint with multiple sports organizations.
- Teeger was announced as captain for the U-19 World Cup tournament in January.
- The PSA is calling for an inquiry into Teeger's comments by CSA and the Gauteng Lions.

College leaders seeking to fend off accusations of failing to protect ...

How accusations of college antisemitism went from bad to worse with one House hearing

Jewish people need to be aware, awake, stand up and fight back against antisemitism, says Adam Milstein.
📰 Read more: bit.ly/3RvaPeD 🌐Watch The Second Front: www.jpost.com/SecondFront


“When I first came to understand what was actually happening in the occupied Palestinian territories, I was 18 and enrolled in my first year of college ... Show more

TikTok content moderators freely express support for Hamas’ Oct ...

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Jewish employees at TikTok share details of hostile, antisemitic work environment

Israel was already known for having lots of firearms. But since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack ...

Israel is trying to arm more citizens with guns since the Hamas attack

The Jewish community in Ireland have expressed concern of a 'huge uptick in ...

Anti-semitism in Ireland
'There's been a huge uptick'

About 40 high school seniors at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Skokie will ...

Students from Skokie Jewish school headed to Israel to volunteer in farming sector

French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticised by opponents for what they said ...

France's Macron criticised for Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony at Elysee

Six weeks after Hamas’s attacks on 7 October I still have a lingering dread from that Saturday ...

Pro-Palestinian protests have been intimidating and isolating

Mexican American scholar Ilan Stavans, co-author of the “The Mexican Dreidel ...

Ilan Stavans's The Mexican Dreidl draws on Hanukkah Jewish Latino heritage

On the occasion of the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, President Volodymyr ...

Zelenskyy lights Hanukkah candles together with Ukrainian rabbis

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As Chanukah starts, stand with Jews

Herzl envisioned the founding of Israel as a kind of folk festival at which the Jews ...

Zionism
Theodor Herzl was a fantasist and was half Moses, half Columbus
Quick Glance: Theodor Herzl and the Birth of Israel
- Theodor Herzl was the founder of Zionism.
- The vision of Israel's founding as a national celebration.
- In 1948, David Ben Gurion signed Israel's founding document under a picture of Theodor Herzl.
- The name of Theodor Herzl still shines from the founding myths of Israel.

The company has continued to show support for the Jewish holiday as various public events have been called off ...

Disney Embraces Hanukkah as Celebrations Canceled

A stranger pummeled a Jewish man dressed in traditional religious garb and ...

Stranger pummels Jewish man, calls him 'dirty Jew' on first night of Hanukkah in NYC

Police found evidence on Lima's seized phone "that he had carried out reconnaissance ...

Brazilian Hezbollah suspect cased out synagogues in Brasilia

Concrete measures addressing antisemitism and keeping Jewish communities safe ...

Congress must act to protect Jews amid a massive increase in antisemitic incidents

Across the world, reports of the age-old prejudice have surged

What is antisemitism—and why do differences in interpretation matter?

What started as a conversation between a rabbi and the and event founder about a ...

Festival’s rejection of menorah lighting leads to accusations of antisemitism

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The views expressed by Elon Musk in a short message are more widespread than you think

What survey data reveal about antisemitism in America

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said on Wednesday the board of ...

Pa. gov calls for action from UPenn board after school head’s Jewish genocide response

"It is no longer a time to be politically correct. It is time to present the case that Jewish lives matter."Jonathan DavisReichman University - ... Show more

Australians will be banned from making the Nazi salute in public after the federal government came ...

Nazi salute to be banned as federal government changes mind

🕎 With the alarming rise of antisemitism and violence against Jews, Hanukkah takes on a whole new meaning this year. By India Naftali #antisemitism #hanukkah #jewish (We ... Show more

We, whose people were decimated in the Holocaust, and who watched as our people were butchered and dragged off to hell ...

The Red Cross is failing Jews again

Fourteen House lawmakers voted against a GOP-led ...

These 14 House lawmakers voted ‘no’ — not ‘present’ or ‘aye’ — on a resolution condemning antisemitism

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