Case in point: this year’s sufganiyot review ahead of Hanukkah. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with sufganiyot, first of all, we at In Jerusalem are sorry and hope you can be informed of what ...

Debbie’s workshop can be done virtually or in person. Get out into the great outdoors this Hanukkah and ride horseback in the Jerusalem Hills. King David Riding Stables have a 45-minute magical ...

from the “Al Hanissim” prayer recited on Hanukkah The “many” who stormed Jerusalem as part of the Greek-Seleucid assault were not merely multitudes; they were a vast tide of warriors ...

Tuesday night’s lighting of the seventh Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall ... by Social Welfare Minister Rabbi Yaakov Margi; Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rabbi Eliezer Rauchberger; Deputy Attorney ...

Jews from around the world participated online in a massive prayer service on Wednesday together with the lighting of the eighth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. After the candle ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights ... religious freedom of Judaism and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after it was desecrated. Judas Maccabeus found a jar of oil that would ...

The celebration is meant to “publicize the miracle of Hanukkah,” Hecht said. The holiday marks an ancient victory and a holy miracle — when just one days’ worth of oil left in the Second Temple, in ...

The word 'Hanukkah' means 'Dedication' in Hebrew. It celebrates a miracle that happened in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. Hanukkah (or Chanukah in Hebrew) is celebrated in November or December ...

A steady stream of museum visitors counted down to the first night of Hanukkah, take part in community service activities and celebrate their Jewish heritage together.

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrating the re-dedication of the second temple in Jerusalem in the second century before Christ. The word "Hannukah" means dedication. At the heart of the festival ...

since Alexander Jannaeus descended from leaders of a revolt in 167 B.C.E. that the Talmud says led to the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem and the first celebration of the Hanukkah holiday.