Hanukkah

Chabad of Brunswick will light a 9-foot, public Hanukkah menorah at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Brunswick Town Mall. The community will be joined on the ...

We can have no better response to negativity we encounter than to gather together in even greater numbers and celebrate the light of the menorah in public.” This year’s public menorah lighting carries added significance as Jewish communities worldwide celebrate the Year of Hakhel, or “Gathering,” a once-in-seven-years Jewish tradition. “The story of Hanukkah is the tremendous power of light to overcome darkness.

The Edmonton scavenger #yegquest returned for another chase on Sunday when Sen. Paula Simons started releasing the first of nine photo clues.

“There’s been so much change that people haven’t seen — new artworks and new buildings,” Simons said of the core. While the last #yegquest clue will drop Dec. She’s also using the activity as an opportunity to celebrate Edmonton’s Jewish heritage while clapping back against a tide of hate swelling online and in public. “The contest will run over nine days, so I’m calling it ‘The Eight Days of Henukkah, plus one.’ ” “The chicken and I have already visited all these spots,” Simons told Postmedia. Article content

The Biden administration is marking the celebration of Hanukkah this year by publicly denouncing antisemitism in the United States, with Attorney General ...

The rapper has since made a series of increasingly more extreme antisemitic remarks, and at one point, [praised Adolf Hitler](https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/12/03/exp-tsr-todd-kanye-suspended-from-twitter.cnn). But, now more than ever, all Americans have a moral obligation to stand up against such hate.” Previous administrations, Biden said, had borrowed menorahs with “special significance of survival, hope and joy,” to celebrate the holiday there. “As your president, I want to make this clear: As my dad would say, and many of you have said, silence is complicity. And together, we must stand up against bigotry in any of its forms. “Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in antisemitism.

U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a Hanukkah reception at the White House Monday evening. There will be a menorah lighting and ...

Even in the concentration camps during World War II, Jews found ways to observe Hanukkah. There will be a menorah lighting and the menorah, created by the Whie House carpentry shop, will become the first Jewish artifact added to the White House archives. It commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden is condemning growing antisemitism in remarks for a Hanukkah reception at the White House that will include a ...

The [rapper Ye](https://apnews.com/article/twitter-inc-entertainment-music-ba5c710ec59d195fe4d83cb2c9343589) expressed love for Adolf Hitler in an interview. White House carpenters built the menorah out of sterling silver candle cups and wood that was saved from a Truman-era renovation. At the event, Emhoff, who is Jewish, said he was "in pain right now" over rising antisemitism. “This year’s Hanukkah arrives in the midst of rising and emboldened antisemitism at home — and quite frankly, around the world,” Biden said. Former President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-kanye-west-entertainment-donald-trump-21ea30fc30a9a97074581015b25e18bf) hosted a Holocaust-denying white supremacist at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. [a spate](https://apnews.com/article/twitter-inc-entertainment-sports-business-racial-injustice-d3a65fc9f71f3bcbdab643c38fd135c3) of antisemitic episodes.

President Biden will host a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on Monday, where he is expected to condemn the rise in antisemitism in the United States ...

[Biden](https://thehill.com/people/biden/) [Charlie Cytron-Walker](https://thehill.com/people/charlie-cytron-walker/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/) [Doug Emhoff](https://thehill.com/people/doug-emhoff/) [Jill Biden](https://thehill.com/people/jill-biden/) [Nick Fuentes](https://thehill.com/people/nick-fuentes/) [Ye](https://thehill.com/people/ye/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Healthcare](https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) And Biden last week announced an inter-agency [task force](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3772525-biden-establishes-government-task-force-to-combat-antisemitism/) that will develop a national strategy for fighting antisemitism and other forms of religious hate. Among the attendees at Monday’s reception will be Bronia Brandman, a Holocaust survivor and retired public school teacher, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, and Ambassador Michele Taylor, who is the U.S. [The Debrief](https://thehill.com/hilltv/the-debrief/) [Rising](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/) [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Senate](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/) [National Security](https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/) [Morning Report](https://thehill.com/homenews/morning-report/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com) The president and First Lady Jill Biden will host Jewish leaders for a reception on the second day of Hanukkah. Former President Donald Trump then hosted Ye and Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier, for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate last month.

Celebrating Hanukkah both commemorates a particular hard-fought battle for Jewish religious freedom and is itself an expression of that freedom in most of ...

This is the antisemitism that — at a time of peak identity politics on- and off-campus — seeks to While the meaning of the holiday has evolved, perhaps Hanukkah’s most important and enduring lesson is that for the Jewish people, maintaining freedom can be as great a struggle as achieving it. Countering the latter type of antisemitism is not as simple as installing metal detectors and vehicle barriers. The various types and tactics of antisemitism have something else in common: They should be fought together. The first includes the broad spectrum of physical threats to Jews and Jewish institutions. These are just some of the gravest incidents on a long list that includes many more occurrences of assaults on Jews and vandalism and arson at synagogues, schools and other Jewish institutions across the country. In the West, the timing of Hanukkah also allows Jews to take part in the cheer of the Christmas holiday season with a festival uniquely their own. [intimidate Jewish college students and faculty](https://www.adl.org/resources/report/schooled-hate-anti-semitism-campus) from expressing their Jewish identity, including voicing their support for Jewish self-determination. The need to provide such physical security is outrageous. It is less focused on Jews’ physical security and instead seeks to undermine their social, academic and employment security. Considering antisemitism’s motives is important in the politically tribal atmosphere prevalent in America. The significance of Hanukkah has evolved over the past century.

Chabad of Newfoundland hosted its sixth annual menorah lighting in St. John's to mark the first night of Hanukkah. The drive-in event celebrated universal ...

She said she is grateful the St. Although she's a Christian, Eason said the story of Hanukkah is one of courage and perseverance, something everyone can learn from. Ravencroft, who spoke at the event on behalf of St. He says he invites and encourages anyone to come to the menorah lighting, regardless of their religious background. He says families usually gather together in their homes to light the menorah, so it's somewhat of a private event. John's city councillor Ophelia Ravencroft, who spoke at the event on behalf of the council.