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This year's Hanukkah celebrations are tempered by Israel's war with Hamas

To get a sense of how synagogues are celebrating the holiday, we hear from two rabbis about their congregations' plans to celebrate Hanukkah.

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Watch: Families light 138 menorah candles for every Hamas hostage still missing

Watch as families light the "Hostages Hanukkah menorah" in Israel as 138 people remain held captive by Hamas on Thursday, 7 December.

The Independent UK

Hanukkah 2023: Five facts you didn’t know about Festival of Lights

This year Hanukkah takes place between the 7 and 15 December

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Hanukkah food 2023: All the food that’s eaten during the Jewish Festival of Lights

From delicious doughnuts to luscious potato latkes, plenty of food is eaten during the eight-day festival of Hanukkah

The Independent UK

Germany's chancellor lights first Hanukkah candle on a huge menorah at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his unwavering support for the Jewish people as he lit the first Hanukkah candle on a huge menorah in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate

The Independent UK

NASA astronaut will celebrate Hanukkah in space with felt menorah

NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to honor Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that begins Dec. 7.

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7 best Hanukkah movies, ranked

Watch the best Hanukkah movies to celebrate the festival of lights, including Eight Crazy Nights and The Night Before

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Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism

Preparing for Hanukkah feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the Jewish communities in and around Miami Beach

The Independent UK

Hanukkah celebrations begin as Chicago area prepares for 8 days of lights

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration that begins Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an imitation of the Christian holiday.

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Gove warns councils not to cancel Hanukkah celebration over Middle East conflict

Havering Borough Council in east London had planned not to light Hanukkah candles from December 7 over concerns they could be vandalised

Evening Standard

OPINION - Message to politicians and activists: Stop being reductive on Israel-Gaza, it's not what the British public wants

Havering Council’s decision to cancel celebrations for the upcoming festival of Hanukkah — and then rapidly u-turn — is a good example of how not to navigate community relations in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

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For a different take on latkes, try these ginger sweet potato pancakes with orange zest

Traditional Hanukkah latkes are pancakes made from white potatoes and simply seasoned with salt, pepper and onion

The Independent UK

OPINION - Havering council's attempt to cancel Hanukkah sent a truly chilling message

The sky was rarely darker than on a moonless night in Theresienstadt. Of the 140,000 Czech Jews imprisoned in the concentration camp-ghetto in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a quarter died of disease or starvation. The rest were carted away, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps in the East. Yet even in…

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Havering Council reverses decision to cancel Hanukkah candle lighting after controversy

The council has made a hasty u-turn

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Havering Council under fire after deciding not to light Hanukkah candles

The decision is branded 'miserable' by the head of the Antisemitism Policy Trust

The Independent UK

What to know about Hannukah and how it's celebrated around the world

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.”

The Independent UK

‘We are capitulating to terrorism’: Anger as Hanukkah celebration scrapped over vandalism fears

‘We cannot allow antisemitism to win in Britain’ Andrew Rosindell said after Havering Council’s decision

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London council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

Havering Council in east London has said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah to be installed outside Havering Town Hall in Romford

The Independent UK

Council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

Havering Council in east London has said it would be “unwise” for the traditional menorah to be installed outside Havering Town Hall in Romford.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene marks Yom Kippur – with a Hanukkah post

The Georgia Congresswoman subsequently deleted the post, later replacing it with one that did not feature an image, but that was still spelled incorrectly

The Guardian - UK

From Halloween to Hogmanay: seven menus for autumn and winter festivals – and the drinks to pair them with

The second half of the calendar is packed with occasions to celebrate. So what’s on the menu for these big dates, and how best to pair a whisky with festive food?

The Independent UK

‘Everyone can live in unison’, says child of multi-faith household

Bea Baldwin, 17, was raised in a multi-faith household as her father practices Judaism and her mother is Christian.

The Guardian - US

Trump to return artefacts sent by Israel and held at Mar-a-Lago

Israel sent items including ancient coins and ceramic oil lamps in December 2019 for Hanukah event at White House

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‘Times’ Airs Accusations That Religious Jews In New York Are Polluting Wells

In the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of poisoning wells and starting plagues, including the Black Death

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