Hanukka

Hanukkah Barbie is here, and she actually got the Jewish holiday right - opinion

Mattel released its new "Holiday Sweater Barbie" more than six decades after Jewish immigrant Ruth Handler debuted the iconic doll.

Barbie Holiday Sweater Doll
SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Australian parliament back from summer break to pass hate speech laws inspired on Bondi tragedy

Geffen Biton.

Israeli wounded confronting terrorists in Bondi Beach to continue treatment in Israel


A quarter of European Jewish community leaders have considered leaving

Of the Jewish community leaders who said they had contemplated leaving, roughly two thirds said they would make aliyah, or immigrate to Israel.

 A demonstrator burns flares during a march marking the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2021.

Jewish communities worldwide to host 'Hanukkah Homecoming Weekend'

Inspired by “homecoming” events that emerged from the American south, Hanukkah Homecoming Weekend events around the world will be held onsite and online.

RABBI LEVI DUCHMAN lights a candle to celebrate Hanukkah, in Dubai in December.

In the grain: Festive food of routine

The Jewish year is filled with festivals, each with its own customary, hallmark food - here is a recipe for country bread.

 NOTHING LIKE some comforting country bread.

Padma Lakshmi explores Hanukkah in special edition of ‘Taste the Nation'

The episode tells viewers the Yiddish name for each of the foods Lakshmi tastes, and celebrates the freedom Jewish communities have to practice their religion in America.

 Indian model, actress, and cookbook author Padma Lakshmi

My family doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but we do with Catholic friends

For the past six decades, my very Jewish family has celebrated Christmas with the very Catholic Maurizios.

A Christmas tree ornament

Modi’in and the hanukkiah: The Jewish right to light

Those of us fortunate enough to live in Israel can personally visit the archaeological finds of the Maccabee period and walk through the modern city from which stemmed the revolution.

US Army chaplain Rabbi Alan Greenspan lighting the hanukkiah with Jewish soldiers in Vietnam in 1965

On zealousness, peace and Hanukkah

Zealotry and fundamentalism are among the greatest dangers to modern society.

Peter Paul Rubens: The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, 1634-1636

Observations on simplicity as Hanukkah draws to a close

Beyond the simplicity of this kid’s game is a powerful message hidden in the Nun, Gimel, Hay and Peh / Shin of the dreidel.

A great miracle happened here: families actually sit and play dreidel together!

Together, in-person: Israel and Morocco on the last night of Hanukkah

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan at the 75 UN General Assembly, September

Maccabees won, Jews still speak Hebrew: Future generations stand strong

We continue our ancient tradition and it gives us the strength to join together in our shared future.

A symbol of a 'chanuckia', used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, is displayed on the Old City walls of Jerusalem, on December 12, 2015. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple. The festival is observed by