Hanukka

Hanukkah Barbie is here, and she actually got the Jewish holiday right - opinion

Mattel released its new "Holiday Sweater Barbie" more than six decades after Jewish immigrant Ruth Handler debuted the iconic doll.

|ByYAEL BUECHLER/JTA
Barbie Holiday Sweater Doll
SHIR, the Australian Jewish Music Festival, outside the Sydney Opera House.

Jewish musical group performs song in Hebrew in historic Australia Day concert in Sydney

It marked the first time Hebrew has been sung at the iconic Opera House Forecourt in any concert setting, and also the first time a Jewish song has been performed at the Australia Day Live concert.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.

Australian parliament back from summer break to pass hate speech laws inspired on Bondi tragedy

The proposed laws will also ease visa denials on the grounds of racial bigotry and lower the threshold for banning hate organizations, including neo-Nazi groups, officials said.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Geffen Biton.

Israeli wounded confronting terrorists in Bondi Beach to continue treatment in Israel

Bitton, an Israeli who was living in Sydney, Australia, during the deadly massacre, was shot three times and underwent eight different surgeries and spent weeks in critical condition.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Virtual Dreidel: A game made for coronavirus Hanukkah

Rabbi Shayna Golkow knew she wanted to do something to help disappointed campers capture some of the spirit of the season.

DECEMBER 11, 2020ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Dreidel art 150

Pascale's Kitchen: One dough, three dishes

In honor of Hanukkah, each kitchen boasts its own special delicacy, with frying being common among all.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByPASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN

Hanukkah celebrations in Georgia

Descriptions of the observance of Hanukkah in Georgia in the 19th and 20th centuries.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByDAVID GEFFEN
FITZGERALD HEBREW Congregation Synagogue building, Fitzgerald, Georgia; dedicated on June 25, 1942.

Trump wishes a 'very happy Hanukkah' to adoring crowd at White House party

During the party guests began chanting "four more years."

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A participant wears a Trump "Make America Great Again" yarmulke as they attend a White House Hanukkah reception where U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on anti-semitism in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S.

How sufganiot can beat the coronavirus

Defeating 2020’s evil enemy with doughy festival goodness

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN

Jerusalem Botanical Garden Winter Lights Festival

The festival opens on Saturday night, December 12, and will continue through the end of the month.

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE WINTER Lights Festival at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.

Shine a light: Beit Avi Chai celebrates Hanukkah

Beit Avi Chai pulled out all the stops to put together a festive agenda that takes in an abundance of season-appropriate musical content.

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByBARRY DAVIS
YARDEN BAR-KOCHBA hosts the ‘Ha’iroo Hadlikoo’ (Glowing Lights) radio show.

A new immigrant checks out the festival of bites

Thank goodness then that Jewish tradition has blessed us all with sufganiot to enjoy at this time of year.

DECEMBER 9, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

One Nation, One Song: A global Jewish solidarity event - watch live

The event at Tzippori National Park is hosted by Tahounia Rubel and Michael Harpaz with performances by Amir Dadon, Ishay Ribo, “Demente” Drum Group, and Sharonit Children’s Choir.

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grapevine December 6, 2020: All roads lead to Dubai

The light of the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah is marred by rising antisemitism around the globe.

DECEMBER 5, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
DIHAD BUSINESS development manager Jennie Robin with ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav.