“After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora.”

“Today we are lighting the first candle of Chanukah to mark the victory of the Maccabees then, and also the victory of ‘the Maccabees of today.'”

A “seasonal” quest for understanding.

The holiday’s real message is alien to most American Jews

Another Hanukkah miracle may be just around the corner if only we could believe and allow God’s light to keep warming our hearts and shining through us.

The latest in a spate of discovered archaeological artefacts that speak to the Hebraic history of the Land of Israel

How did the only piece of Jewish liturgy to explicitly condemn Christianity become a universally popular Hanukkah hymn?

The man from Galilee has the ultimate answer to our problems.

Are we in for another reign of terror to sort the sheep from the goats?