Two Cincinnati rabbis — who felt that Jews in America needed a holiday of their own to compete with Christmas — are responsible for contriving and popularizing Hanukkah in America, according to Dianne Ashton, a professor of religion studies at Rowan University: In an editorial published by the independent media website, The Conversation, Ashton explains that outside of America, Hanukkah is regarded... 

The State of Israel has promised to get involved with the investigation of a non-fatal stabbing in Rockland County, New York, where a deranged Black man walked into a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration Saturday night and injured five people who were taken to nearby hospitals, according to police: The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council for the Hudson Valley Region said in a tweet that... 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who himself has jewish ancestry, released a special video message wishing his fellow Jews a happy Hanukkah, and pledging the support of “every decent person” in Britain to combat rising antisemitism in the UK.: “To all our Jewish friends, neighbors, and relatives, wherever you are in the world, let me wish you a very happy Hanukah,” said Johnson. “And... 

While some social media users wished Ivanka happy holidays, others went on to slam and mock both her and her presidential father. The beginning of this year’s Hanukkah celebrations did not seem to start all that well for US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka who got her fair share of bashing online following what appeared to be some fairly innocuous well-wishing. “Happy Hanukkah! May your... 

According to the deputy head of presidential administration, Viktor Yanukovych, “does not choose his faith according to what it can give him later”. In days of celebrating the Jewish Hanukkah, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has refused to attend a synagogue religious ceremony and light the Hanukkah candles. As the deputy head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Anna Herman,... 

Moldovan Metropolitan Vladimir Regarding the group of Orthodox Christians who removed the Menorah on December 13, from the Stephen The Great public square in Chisinau, the Moldovan Orthodox Church manifested its opposition regarding the way the Christians gathered there and protested. In the same time, we consider unwelcome the installing of a Jewish symbol in a public space that is highly tied with... 

Religious scandal at Chisinau/Kishinev after a group of almost 100 devoted Orthodox Christians lead by their priest teared up a Jewish Menorah on the day of Hanukkah. The Menorah was placed right next to the Stephen III of Moldavia statue (better known as Stephen the Great) Friday on December 11 by “representatives” of the Jewish community from the Moldovan Republic for Hanukkah celebration. The... 

Chanukah was celebrated at the New South Wales Parliament House for the first time since the house was established in 1856. Attendees at Tuesday’s historic event in Sydney, initiated and hosted by the New South Wales Chabad under the auspices of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, included Premier Nathan Rees, opposition leader Barry O’Farrell and more than 70 lawmakers, a dozen...