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‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

From Los Angeles to New York, many Hanukkah events are drawing connections between the holiday and the ongoing war in Israel.

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This Manhattan restaurant is serving a $95 latke for Hanukkah

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Politics

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Israel

Former IDF chief’s son killed in Gaza fighting as Israel presses forward with costly counteroffensive

By Luke Tress December 7, 2023 4:09 pm

Politics

This Hanukkah, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma

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Israel

As it fights in Gaza, Israel is girding itself for another potential war in Lebanon

By Eliyahu Freedman December 7, 2023 2:40 pm

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Politics

GOP candidates spar in debate over whether to send US troops to Gaza

By Ron Kampeas December 7, 2023 9:13 am

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‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

This Manhattan restaurant is serving a $95 latke for Hanukkah

GLOBAL

Indian Bnei Menashe Jews miraculously survived Oct. 7. Now they’re fighting wars in Israel and India.

False bomb threat hits Buenos Aires Jewish center where 85 people died in 1994 bombing

Geert Wilders, far-right victor in Dutch elections, elicits sympathy and fear in Jewish voters

Man arrested after firing shots at Albany, New York, synagogue with preschool

More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

IDEAS

We need a do-over for the last 2 months. Hanukkah is made for the moment.

How ‘decolonization’ became the latest flashpoint in the discourse over Israel

Ending hostility and violence means wrestling with our own shadows

Former IDF chief’s son killed in Gaza fighting as Israel presses forward with costly counteroffensive

This Hanukkah, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma

As it fights in Gaza, Israel is girding itself for another potential war in Lebanon

GOP candidates spar in debate over whether to send US troops to Gaza

Meta oversight board will rule — at unusual speed — on two deleted posts related to Israel-Hamas war

Under fire, Harvard and UPenn presidents condemn calls for genocide of Jews

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Rabbinical Council Sending Chanukah Gifts to Wounded Israeli Soldiers

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