How the biblical Temple’s 7-branched menorah became the 9-branched hanukkiah. The ancient symbol of the menorah is well known around the world, and some would argue more Jewish than the Star of David. It’s certainly more biblical.

Two aspects of Hanukkah. The victory in war and the dedication of the altar are one and the same. And in our time we have been privileged to see both.

40 countries to discuss international force in Gaza, without Israel. US Central Command will host a conference in Qatar with 40 countries to discuss forming an international force for Gaza, though Israel will not attend and will present its position remotely.

Netanyahu and Huckabee light candles with IDF troops at Western Wall. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara lit the second Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall with IDF soldiers, praising them as the modern-day Maccabees.

Bondi Beach attack: Terrorists trained in Philippines before Hanukkah massacre. Security sources say the Bondi Beach terrorists trained with Islamist terrorists in the Philippines weeks before killing 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration.

Video shows Jewish man assaulted on NYC train, Danny Danon labels it ‘deeply disturbing hate crime’. “This is a deeply disturbing hate crime targeting young Chabad men on a train in New York, whose only act was sharing the light of Hanukkah,” Danon posted on X/Twitter along with the footage.

Antisemitism allowed to fester in Australia, says daughter of wounded Holocaust survivor. “It’s not the fact that those two people had a gun. It’s the fact that hatred has been allowed to fester against the Jewish minority in Australia,” Teplitsky said.

FBI arrests five in ‘credible’ pro-Palestinian plot to bomb LA, New Orleans on New Year’s Eve. “They had everything they needed to make an operational bomb,” the U.S. Justice Department said. “We disrupted this terror plot before buildings were demolished or innocent people were killed.”

IDF finds weapons, surveillance gear during raids along truce line in Rafah. The soldiers also dismantled several terrorist infrastructure sites and eliminated dozens of terrorists who were operating in tunnels.