President Reuven and his wife, Nechama, were the guests of honor of US President Barack Obama for the White House Hanukka candle lighting ceremony on Wednesday evening. At the opening of the ceremony, Obama mentioned that in a meeting prior
JERUSALEM – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have released a Hanukkah song video with lyrics that give even reigning Hanukkah king Adam Sandler a run for his gelt. The song attributes different Hanukkah elements for each day of the eight day
TEL AVIV – A menorah was found vandalized in a park in New York City after a candle-lighting ceremony marking the first night of Hanukkah. This is the second time a menorah has been vandalized during the Jewish festival of
TEL AVIV – In honor of Hanukkah, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo of a dog dressed in a yarmulke and tallit – the Jewish prayer shawl – to his Facebook page. The photo attracted a litany
TEL AVIV – Led by a structural engineer, a group of parents and kids built a giant menorah out of Lego in Fort Worth, Texas, reported the local CBS affiliate. The congregation of Ahavath Sholom synagogue in Fort Worth used
TEL AVIV – In a debate about Israel’s future, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and the so-called peace process, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach locked horns with American Jewish author Peter Beinart in Tel Aviv on Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah.
Cosmopolitan magazine is urging its readers to count down to the holidays this year with its own “Sex-Vent” calendar – complete with step-by-step instructions for how to make Christmas and Hanukkah all about lust.
