A Canberra Chanukah

For the first time ever, a menorah was lit in the ACT Parliament this week to celebrate the eight-day festival of Chanukah. Read more

Can the Chanukah light vanquish global darkness?

Never have we needed Chanukah, the Festival of Light, more than during a week when global news events have plunged the world into deep darkness…writes Rabbi Chaim Ingram. Read more

Chanukah on air

Melbourne Jewish radio station J-AIR will broadcast Chanukah festivities directly from Glen Eira Park on Sunday. Read more

Martin Place Chanukah cancelled

For the first time in almost thirty years, a Menorah lighting ceremony in Sydney’s Martin Place planned for tonight will not take place. Read more

The Wick…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie

One of the many lessons of the Chanukah lights can be derived from a law that the flames must burn through a wick. Read more

Chanukah 2014

Chanukah celebrations… Read more

The good oil

The traditional art of olive making has been taught to young primary school children as they learn more about Chanukah. Read more

A Premier lights the Shammos

The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has lit the Shammos of Melbourne’s Chabad of CBD menorah. Read more

Light Your Fire

Light captures the imagination…writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf. Read more

A special Menorah lighting

Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have hosted a Chanukah party for the children of ‘Rachashei Lev’ which seeks to improve the lives of children with cancer. Read more

Ask the rabbi…about Chanukah

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about Chanukah… Read more

A Chanukah message from the Prime Minister

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott sends a Chanukah message to the Jewish community… Read more

Chanukah greeting from Minister Dominello

NSW Minister for Communities and Citizenship Victor Dominello sends Chanukah greetings… Read more

Ask the rabbi about Chanukah

Rabbi  RaymondApple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. Read more

The First Signs of Chanukah

It may a little early to break out the dreidels, but Chanukah candles were lit yesterday at NSW Parliament House. Read more

Yeshiva lights the real thing

Last week, Sydney Yeshiva along with the NSWJBD ran a dummy run of lighting the Menorah at the NSW State Parliament. Last night, they lit the real thing on the second night of Chanukah…the giant menorah in the city’s Martin Place. Read more

A Parliamentary Chanukah

Chanukah got off to an early start when Rabbi Pinchus Feldman lit all eight candles at a special ceremony in the NSW Parliament. Read more

« Previous Page