Hanukkah

A Jewish man was violently attacked by a knife-wielding assailant in a north London supermarket who said he wanted to “find a Jew to kill.”

Vice President Kamala Harris praised President Joe Biden as a “man of deep faith” on Thursday even after the president defended the right of a woman to abort her unborn child.

President Joe Biden reflected on his age at a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, recalling speaking to some younger people on his staff before the event about his many trips to Israel.

Shmuley Boteach, rabbi and author of Kosher Hate: How To Fight Jew-Hatred, Racism, and Bigotry, described the continuity of Jewish people as proof of the divine hand in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

The first night of Chanukah, also transliterated as Hanukkah, begins on Sunday evening, November 28, with the lighting of an eight-branched candelabra called the menorah, or chanukiah, shortly after sunset. It continues for eight nights and days.

An Israeli couple who were detained eight days ago in Turkey on suspicion of espionage after being caught taking photographs of the Istanbul palace of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were freed Thursday morning in what is being hailed as a “Hanukkah miracle.”

Police arrested four people, two of them illegal immigrants, in the Paris no-go suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis on suspicion of assaulting a Jewish family which was celebrating Hanukkah.

A delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain took part in a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday, in what was hailed by the holy site’s chief rabbi as a “Hanukkah miracle.”

Jews observed the holiday of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) in public for the first time in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday, following the peace deal between Israel and the UAE under the auspices of U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump attended a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on Wednesday, where he said he would still win the 2020 election.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday marked the third anniversary of U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by thanking President Donald Trump and hanging a copy of the American president’s proclamation on the wall of the cabinet room beside a 1948 proclamation by then-president Harry Truman recognizing the new State of Israel.

Israel could declare the coronavirus pandemic over as early as March 2021, thanks to Operation Warp Speed vaccines.

At a press conference in New York City on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) commented on the five people stabbed in an attack at a rabbi’s home on the seventh night of Hanukkah in Rockland County, NY.

A public menorah display in New Jersey was vandalized during Hanukkah amid a string of antisemitic attacks in the state and neighboring New York, law enforcement confirmed Monday.

New York City is the safest big city in America, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday during an interview with MSNBC’s Geoff Bennett.

Appearing Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Tree of Life Synagogue Rabbi Jeffrey Myers warned it feels like “open hunting season” on Jewish-Americans following a string of antisemitic attacks in New York. 

Dec. 30 (UPI) — Hannukah stabbing suspect Grafton Thomas, already jailed on five counts of attempted murder, has also been hit with federal hate crime charges, according to documents filed Monday in New York.

Federal prosecutors on Monday filed hate crime charges against a machete-wielding man who stabbed five Jews during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s house in Monsey, New York, on Saturday evening.

The Guardian Angels, a volunteer, unarmed group focused on crime prevention, will begin patrolling parts of New York with Jewish communities following a string of antisemitic attacks in the city. 

CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper said Sunday that the Orthodox Jewish Community believes the response to the recent wave of antisemitic attacks in New York City is inadequate because the suspects aren’t white supremacists. 

The suspect in the brutal attack at a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration on Saturday night has suffered from a long history of mental illness but has no known history of antisemitism, a family statement issued Monday outlines.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan condemned the recent string of attacks against Jewish people in New York, following a machete stabbing spree that left five people injured during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home on Saturday night.

Following a knife attack at a Hanukkah celebration in New York State, some on the left are blaming President Donald Trump.

American Jews have the unique advantage of living in a country where the right to keep and bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned the “vicious attack” at a Hanukkah lighting ceremony in upstate New York, the previous night , in which a machete-wielding assailant stabbed at least five people.

On Sunday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Live,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo commented on five people being stabbed in an attack at a synagogue in New York’s Rockland County. Cuomo said, “We tend to treat these situations as isolated episodes, but really if

On Sunday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio commented on five people being stabbed in an attack at a synagogue in New York’s Rockland County.

LONDON (AP) – A synagogue and numerous shops in London have been vandalised with antisemitic graffiti during Hanukkah.

A Hanukkah celebration in a New York suburb turned into horror Saturday night after a man entered and began stabbing people, witnesses say. Five victims were taken to nearby hospitals, according to police.

Jessica Meir posted a picture on Sunday with a holiday message from the best possible vantage for a worldwide view of the holiday season.

This Chanukah, the vision must be to defeat the Democrats completely, and re-dedicate the Constitution to its original purpose and design.

“Yesterday two wicked murderers opened fire at a kosher supermarket and killed four innocent souls, including a brave police officer who faced down the shooter,” Trump said.

The event is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. EST. 

First lady Melania Trump spread Christmas cheer and service throughout the month of December–from White House decorations to serving children and military service members.

Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed Sunday night at a Hanukkah party in New York that she has Jewish ancestry.

Talk radio star Michael Savage recounted attending the White House Hanukkah reception last week, where he says he told President Trump that under his administration “the Jewish People and other minorities are at the high water mark of their existence in America.”

Throughout the week of mourning and Hanukkah celebration, First Lady Melania Trump remained elegant and graceful with her black wardrobe.

Meadow Pollack’s father Andrew stood with Trump as he made his remarks. Meadow’s stepmom Julie and her brother Hunter also attended the event at the White House. 

President Donald Trump is giving remarks at a Hanukkah reception Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed guests at the White House to celebrate Hanukkah on Thursday, including eight Holocaust survivors.