AUGUSTA, Ga. - Hanukkah has begun – a special occasion for Jewish communities all around the world, including in Georgia. In the CSRA, the event was marked with a couple of events Sunday. Like other ...
Hanukkah has taken on a new meaning this year for many in the Jewish community after Israel was attacked by terrorist group Hamas on Oct. 7. More than 1,200 people in Israel were killed, and 6,900 ...
Hanukkah is the festival of lights, and Rabbi Shaya Gopin said that light is especially poignant this year for those in the Jewish faith. “We believe that positive action, doing good and one act of ...
Tuesday night’s lighting of the seventh Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall Plaza took place under the theme “The Fight Against Antisemitism,” calling from the Western Wall Plaza to the world to halt ...
Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year. In 2013, the first day of Hanukkah occurred on ...