by Avi Abrams
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
Dreidels symbolize deep spiritual concepts and have a fascinating history.
by Rabbi Mordechai Becher
Dreidels, latkes, and donuts aren’t just fun—they’re coded history. Discover how spinning, frying, and lighting reveal Hanukkah’s deeper message.
A generation after the Hanukkah miracle, in the midst of great turmoil, Salome Alexandra defended Judaism and restored Jewish practice.
by aish.com
See how many answers you can get right and discover fun facts about Hanukkah.
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
The scandalous incident involving Chanah, the daughter of Matityahu, that instigated the rebellion of the Maccabees.
Israelis consume 24 million donuts a year.
by Rabbi Pinchas Landis
Delving into the history of Hanukkah to understand the deeper meaning of the holiday.
There’s more to olives than the Hanukkah miracle.
by Gedalia Kauffman
Who are the Chanukah heroes who saved our people?
by Batsheva Hirschman Frankel
At a Grateful Dead concert one Chanukah, I felt like the only Jew in the world. Then an amazing thing happened.
The Schnitzer family had no idea that their children’s Hanukkah pictures would spark an anti-Semitic attack and galvanize a whole community.
A moving photo and the menorah that bears testimony to the eternal Jewish nation.
by Daniel Gefen
Enduring 18 concentration camps, he was saved by a shovel, a siren, and horse manure.
by Rabbi Akiva Males
The devastation was immense. What could we really do to help?
by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Luis Salazar and a new look at the miracle of Hanukkah.
by Sarah Shapiro
My parents succeeded in creating a wonderful Christmas - yet inside me something was amiss.
by Alan Magill and Miriam Greenwald
In the midst of the office Christmas party, I shocked myself by asking, “Are we doing anything for Hanukkah?”
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Test your knowledge about Hanukkah
by Rabbi Henry Harris
The Hanukkah menorah reminds us that small miracles still happen.
by Gita Steinberg
No one saw my pitiful menorah. Little did I know how that small flame would grow into a huge light.
by Eric Brand
How my father’s journey from Santa Claus to a gift-lugging dog in a drainpipe led me to Judaism, sort of.
by Larry Domnitch
Another instance in Jewish history when a woman saves the day.
by Kolrom Animation Studios
Sometimes miracles happen in the darkest places.
by Debbie Gutfreund
For the first time in my life, I was the only Jew in the group.
by Carola Schiff
Spreading the light in Nazi-occupied France.
by Rabbi Ephraim Nisenbaum
On Hanukkah we recognize the miracle of nature.
by Libi Astaire
The rabbi was desperately looking for a small light in the sea of dark despair.
Growing up in Iowa, I was the only Jewish child in the auditorium during the Christmas recital.
by Kaila Lasky
A small Chanukah miracle for a lonely Jewish soldier in Iraq.
by Natan Sharansky
When the enemy answered "amen."
by Mimi Meyers
I was the only Jewish child in the auditorium, and sometimes felt I was the only Jewish girl in the entire world.
by Avi Geller
Insights from the Midrash and contemporary sages.
by Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
In one moment of silence, my Jewish identity was born.
by Ross Hirschmann
How Chanukah kept me Jewish when all else failed.
by Miriam Katz
Amidst the pre-Xmas frenzy, a group of idealistic college students unexpectedly discover Chanukah's quiet illumination.
by Dr. Jackie Yaris
Chanukah's tiny lights brazenly face the night's bitter challenge, transforming fear into a soft caress of hope.
by Chava Dumas a"h
As a Jew, I was always a little different. That would become my greatest asset.
by Elan S. Carr
An American Jewish soldier of Iraqi descent lights the Menorah in Saddam Hussein's palace.
by I.I. Cohen
A concentration camp survivor recalls the ingenuity behind a memorable Chanukah observance.
Elijah's light still shines.
by Shimon Apisdorf
As in the Time of the Maccabees, a great miracle happened.
With the help of God, the Jewish people will outlive their cruel foes and emerge triumphant in the end.
God shines Chanukah light into the seemingly darkest place.
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
My parents had no clue why they lit the electric menorah on Chanukah.
by Ted Roberts
In my time, Chanukah gifts meant only a dime. It also meant potato latkes and a visit to grandma.
Each of us has a dark spot concealed from ourselves due to overwhelming pain and shame. How do we turn on the lights?
Who could do the kazatzky like Mendel? No one, including the Cossacks who guarded the Czar himself.
by Ruchama Feuerman
How can our homemade menorahs compete with all the dazzling lights of Christmas?
by Yaffa Ganz
Dr. Mitzvah delivers some light.
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