The phone call jolted him awake at 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Gov. Jeff Landry, asleep at a French Quarter hotel, heard New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on the line. “This can’t be good,” he thought.

MK Avi Maoz (Noam) is urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to firmly defend Israel’s positions vis-à-vis the US during his upcoming visit to Florida and not to yield to US pressure. “I want to ...

Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown celebrated the last night of Hanukkah with a candle lighting on Sunday, December 21. Several dozen attendees gathered at the synagogue Sunday evening, excited to ...

There is a particular horror in violent attacks on holy days and in holy places. This is terror in its purest form, rendering a people not only fearful to express ...

Together they sing “Ma’oz Tzur” (often translated as “Rock of Ages”), the song that accompanies Hanukkah candle lighting, a testament to Jewish survival through the ages and the strength found in our ...

KINGSTON — The inaugural Wyoming Seminary menorah-lighting ceremony took place Monday night, with dozens joining together on campus to mark the second night of Hanukkah. The occasion came as Jewish ...

Deep in a dark tunnel under Gaza two years ago, a group of six Israeli hostages lit Chanukah candles and sang the holiday song, “Maoz Tzur.” Watching this unbelievable scene unfold on a recently ...

Hanukkah has always been my favorite holiday. It arrives at the darkest time of year, yet it brings with it so much light. The entire Hebrew month of Kislev is renowned as a time of miracles, and ...

David Slucki receives funding from numerous philanthropic foundations and families to support our research into antisemitism and work on Jewish history and culture. He is a board director for ...

Mourners gather at the Bondi Pavilion as people pay tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Izhar Khan/Getty Images) “Rock of Ages” has always been ...

After the terror attack at a Chanukah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach—with memories still raw from the Yom Kippur attack on worshippers at Manchester’s ...