Many Jews this year are struggling with how to celebrate Chanukah—whether because our joy has been tempered by the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, the continued ...

MODI’IN, Israel — Hanukkah is about to be celebrated by Jews worldwide. For some Israeli Jews, the holiday pervades life year-round, because they live where the history is believed to have happened.

In 165 BCE, a group of warriors led by Judah Maccabee ushered in a new era in Jewish history when they routed the soldiers of the Greek-Syrian empire and rededicated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. That ...

Chanukah is often described as a festival of light, warmth, and resilience. That description is not wrong—but it is incomplete. And when Jews are targeted for celebrating openly, dangerously so. The ...