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The Chai Lifeline Hanukkah party. Credit: Chai Lifeline.

Chai Lifeline Hanukkah party gives joy to children with serious illness

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Children with serious illnesses and their families got into the Hanukkah spirit this past Sunday at Chai Lifeline’s annual party for the holiday. Sponsored by Chemed Health, the street fair-themed event at The Art...
The new White House menorah as part of the official Christmas decorations. Credit: WhiteHouse.Gov

White House unveils Hanukkah menorah as part of official Christmas decorations for first time

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As part of its annual Christmas decorations tradition, the White House has unveiled a new addition: a menorah in celebration of Hanukkah. The menorah is included in Cross Hall, a broad hallway on the first...
The 1.7-inch sling bullet is made of lead and dates to the time of the Hasmonean dynasty. Photo by Dafna Gazit/IAA.

Israeli archaeologists say 2,200-year-old sling bullet possibly linked to Hanukkah story

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Israeli researchers recently discovered a lead projectile dating from the Hellenistic period in the ancient palace at Yavne, an archaeological site in central Israel. The 4.4 centimeter (1.7 inch) long projectile was designed to be...

US Postal Service celebrates Hanukkah with ‘forever’ stamp

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American Judaica artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren is well-known for her work in many media. She designs unique Torah mantles, ark curtains, chuppah wedding canopies, ketubah marriage contracts, papercuts, stained glass and nearly any ritual object or decoration a...
The National Menorah lighting in Washington, D.C. in 2017. Source: Screenshot.

In wake of anti-Semitic incidents, Hanukkah menorah-lightings evoke Jewish pride

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The North MoPac Expressway runs up Austin’s west side, a busy, eight-lane artery that speaks to the city’s expanding suburbs and the extravagant consumption of space that is uniquely Texan. It’s not a place...
"Sufganiyot" (donuts) made by Israeli chef Maya Darin ahead of the Hanukkah holiday. Photo by Liron Almog/Flash90.

The unofficial guide to celebrating Hanukkah in Israel

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Hanukkah is may people’s favorite Jewish holiday. And quite rightly so, since a main way to celebrate the festival involves eating mountains of deliciously fried foods day after day, as well as gifting rituals...
A menorah and Christmas tree in downtown Fairfax, Virginia. Dec. 24, 2017. Credit: Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock.

Stop complaining about Christmas trees and enjoy your own holiday

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The “Ask Real Estate” column of The New York Times was faced with a thorny question from a reader this past week. Shortly before the start of Hanukkah, it was perhaps inevitable that the dilemma about which...

Eight delicious days: Israel welcomes back tourists for Hanukkah

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Wait a minute, is that a … tour bus? Why, yes it is. Because, after 18 months (but who’s counting?) of a tourism draught, Israelis are noticing the return of international visitors (some actually do...
Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Nov. 26, 2018. Credit: Peter Fleming/Shutterstock.

British soccer team to host Premier League’s first Hanukkah event

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Watford FC will be the first-ever Premier League club to host a Hanukkah celebration, the team has announced. The sold-out gathering on Dec. 2 is also the first event organized by the club’s newly established Jewish...
“Judith with the Head of Holophernes” by Cristofano Allori, 1613, oil on canvas, from the Royal Collection in London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How Judith became a Hanukkah heroine

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Holding a sword in one hand and a severed head in the other, she is terrifying and beautiful, a personification of the feminine power to entice, destroy and redeem. This is Judith, a pious Jewish...