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December 8, 2025, 10:45 am
Oy to the world! The reinvention of Chanukah
Its transformation from an insular ‘us and them’ holy day to a universalist celebration is something of a miracle
By Dr Keith Kahn-Harris
January 23, 2025, 4:58 pm
The same (day) but oh so different: Christmas and Chanukah
Chanukah bush, chrismakah movies, turkey and latkes - how will you be celebrating 25 December?
By Arthur Weiss
December 26, 2024, 3:04 pm
OPINION: Why Christmas now draws as big a shul crowd as Yom Kippur
Rabbi Alby Chait on how a family tradition to thank care and emergency workers on 25 December has become an annual global movement
By Rabbi Alby Chait
Pic: Christmas Tree
December 20, 2023, 10:25 am
Oy to the world! 28 percent of Jews have a Christmas tree, study finds
Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) finds twenty-three per cent of us light a Chanukiah AND have a tree
By Jenni Frazer
Sir Stephen Fry
December 18, 2023, 10:23 am
‘I am a Jew’: Stephen Fry condemns rise in antisemitism
Former host of QI and star of sitcom Blackadder will deliver Channel 4’s 2023 Alternative Christmas Message
By Jewish News Reporter
Marks and Spencer Manchester
November 2, 2023, 2:38 pm
Marks & Spencer forced to remove Christmas advert that upset pro-Palestinians
Advert filmed TWO MONTHS before the conflict was accused by Instagram followers of being in poor taste and siding with Israel
By Louisa Walters
The Pope prays at the Western Wall
December 19, 2022, 10:57 am
American churches urged to act against antisemitism
Interfaith educators demand action as the country faces "greatest crisis of public antisemitism in a century".
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA)
Palestinian Christians Umm Burhan and Jamil Jarayseh in their home in Bethlehem. 8 December 2022. Credit: Jotam Confino, Jewish News.
December 12, 2022, 1:53 pm
As Christmas comes, Bethlehem’s Christians worry about their future
Palestinian Christians make up just one percent of the population in the West Bank, with some 33,000 living in and around Bethlehem. Jewish News meets some of them.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
November 25, 2022, 4:11 pm
Jew they know it’s Christmas time at all?
We may not be into the spirit, but comedian Bennett Arron gets into the season to be jolly with a show
By Bennett Arron
December 24, 2021, 1:32 pm
Ho-Ho-Holy Land! Santa visits Jerusalem as cities face a second pandemic holiday season
Israeli border restrictions mean few tourists are able celebrate the festive days in the Holy Land
By Reuters and Michael Daventry
Central Park in all its wintry glory
December 23, 2021, 9:15 am
New York is full of festivity
There's plenty of Jewish interest in the Big Apple to get your teeth into
By Louisa Walters
December 11, 2021, 4:01 pm
Progressively Speaking: Christmas is coming, so what do Jews do?
Rabbi Charley Baginsky reflects on the Jewish perspective of the festive season
By Rabbi Charley Baginsky
Candle at Christmas (Photo by D A V I D S O N L U N A on Unsplash)
December 24, 2020, 1:07 pm
OPINION: Parallel traditions, living side by side,
Alex Brummer reflects on Jewish festivals coinciding with other religious celebrations
By Alex Brummer
Sticky Figgy Pudding
December 19, 2019, 3:56 pm
Kosher festivities! Sticky figgy pudding and special Turkey with apricots!
Denise Phillips cashes in on an alternative festive menu!
Gush Etzion settlement
December 30, 2018, 10:50 am
Israel advances over 2,000 settlement houses amid festive quiet
Israeli defence ministry furthers proposals for more units in 47 settlements in the West Bank
By JTA
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