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SparkIL announces a Hannukah "Sparkathon."

SparkIL launches Hannukah competition to boost support for businesses affected by war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An artistic portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

This week in Jewish history: The Black Death pogroms, death of Rabbi Sacks

By Steven Drucker

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.

Who takes the pictures on the battlefield of the Israel-Hamas war?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grzegorz Braun walks after using a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles at the parliament, Warsaw.

Polish lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles loses immunity

By REUTERS

PHILLIP ENSLER is sworn in to the Alabama legislature on a Tanach.

Alabama's only Jewish representative asks: Where are we safe?

By AMY KLEIN

Rabotai Jewish A Capella film the video of their Hallel medley

Jewish a cappella group mix tradition with modern twist on Hallel prayer

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US SECOND GENTLEMAN Doug Emhoff and President Joe Biden host a Hanukkah reception at the White House last week.

Still spinning from Hanukkah - opinion

By MICAH HALPERN

PROTESTERS RALLY against Israel at Harvard University, October 2023

Hanukkah’s Eternal Flame: Confronting Ideological Conflicts in Liberal Thought

By Itamar Frankenthal

FROM RIGHT: Amir Shani, Uriel Lynn, and Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin.

Grapevine December 15, 2023: The rabbi of Gaza

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Potato, kohlrabi, and zucchini latkes.

Pascale's kitchen: Latkes and more latkes

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN

In the face of it all, maybe a Hanukkah miracle has occurred anyway, the writer says.

A Hanukkah miracle, despite it all - opinion

Visitors view a menorah illuminated for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, forming a seasonal light display in Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, December 12, 2023.

Hanukkah in London: An event worth two thousand years

By MENDEL KALMENSON

IDF soldiers embrace during briefing as they gather on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Israel December 11, 2023.

Family: The power that makes the IDF unbeatable

By STEWART WEISS

‘A POWERFUL reminder of the resilience and hope that dwell within us all.’ Yuval Haran, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, returned to his home this week and lit a hanukkiah that was retrieved from the rubble.

Hanukkah: Lighting the menorah from the ashes of October 7

By CHEN SCHIMMEL

‘MENORAH CYCLE,’ acrylic with gold leaf on canvas, 130 x 100 cm., 2018-2020.

Parashat Miketz: At the end of darkness

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON

A sign hangs on a gate of a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 6, 2023.

Harvard Chabad asked to hide hanukkiah due to fears of vandalism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The National Menorah is illuminated after a lighting ceremony in Washington.

Menorahs across the US vandalized during Hanukkah amid spike in antisemitism

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Knesset honors emergency services with Hanukkah candle-lighting event

By ARIELLA MARSDEN