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Noam Bettan on stage during the Eurovision song contest semi final (Eurovision song contest)

May 15, 2026, 11:32 am

Shabbat Shalom: To Those Who Refuse to Let the Chain Break

Every week there are people who make a difference - by protecting lives, standing proudly in public, educating children, by preserving history itself.

By Leo Pearlman

Sedra Tetzaveh Zachor (Exodus 27:20-30:10 Aish

February 26, 2026, 10:18 am

Making sense of the Sedra: Tetzaveh Zachor

'They shall take for you pure olive oil, crushed for lighting, to make the continuous flame rise' (Parasha); 'Your children are like olive shoots around your table' (Psalms 128)

By Rabbi Ariel Abel

Menorah lighting at Watford General December 2025

December 22, 2025, 1:05 pm

Community leaders join Bushey Chabad for menorah lighting at Watford General

Days after funerals for Jewish victims of mass shooting in Australia, local officials and NHS staff gather in solidarity

By Michelle Rosenberg

CCTV footage circulating on social media shows a woman extinguishing candles on a public Chanukah menorah inside the Weizmann Mall in Tel Aviv after hours.

December 19, 2025, 12:29 pm

Viral video of Chanukah candles extinguished in Tel Aviv mall prompts police review

Widely shared footage shows callous extinguishing of public menorah in Tel Aviv during heightened antisemitism concerns

By Annabel Sinclair

The damaged Menorah in Muswell Hill (Credit: Twitter/Nicole Lampert)

December 19, 2025, 10:40 am

Menorahs damaged in London as police hate crime probe launched

Police have announced an investigation into a damaged Menorah in Notting Hill, with further reports of damaged public Chanukiahs in Muswell Hill and West Hampstead

By Jewish News Reporter

Pendant credit - Eliyahu Yanai, City of David.

December 17, 2025, 1:52 pm

1,300-year-old Menorah pendant discovered in Jerusalem rubble

'Deeply moved and excited' archaeologists claim ancient find reveals Jewish presence during Byzantine travel ban

By Michelle Rosenberg

Bletchley Park Mansion. (Wikipedia/DeFacto)

December 12, 2025, 4:13 pm

Milton Keynes Jewish community to light giant Menorah at Bletchley Park

Sunday's free event at WWII code-breaking site that employed Jewish servicemen and women is open to members of the public

By Michelle Rosenberg

Photo-Shai-Halevi-Israeli Antiquities Authority

May 7, 2025, 2:19 pm

Ancient Temple Menorah unveiled for the first time

Historic Roman era discovery makes public debut in Jerusalem

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 18, 2024, 1:36 pm

Let there be light! Epping menorah triumphs after council clash

A legal deal between the district and county councils has cleared the way for the festive symbol to take centre stage

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 15, 2024, 7:43 pm

Hopes burn bright for Epping High Street Menorah application

Essex Jewish community welcomes 'helpful discussion' with District council after Town council refuse licensing request over 'public safety' concerns

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 15, 2023, 1:36 pm

Islington menorah vandalised on last day of Chanukah

Following repairs, the Chabad menorah was successfully lit in an evening ceremony supported by the local community and Islington South Labour MP Emily Thornberry

By Michelle Rosenberg

December 15, 2023, 12:48 pm

Robotics students in Jerusalem break world record for largest Menorah lighting

1136 menorot remained lit for five minutes with the name of a soldier currently in combat fixed to the back of each one

By Michelle Rosenberg

Left to right: Adrian Cohen of London Jewish Forum, David Baddiel, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl, JLC Chair Keith Black and Rabbi Hackenbroch

December 13, 2023, 11:27 am

OPINION: Light amid darkness – a Chanukah for our times

Lighting the chanukiah at Trafalgar Square, Rabbi Piny Hackenbroch reflects on a time of both joy and pain, protests and solidarity

By Rabbi Piny Hackenbroch

Grzegorz Braun seen shortly after using a fire extinguisher on a Hanukkah menorah in Poland's parliament building in Warsaw, Dec. 12, 2023. JTA: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

December 13, 2023, 10:38 am

Far-right MP Grzegorz Braun shocks Polish parliament by using fire extinguisher on chanukiah

A rabbi described the scene to the Jewish Telegraph Agency as the Catholic church issued a statement apologising to “the entire Jewish community in Poland.”

By Gabe Friedman (JTA)

December 11, 2023, 10:34 pm

Sadiq Khan: ‘It was more important than ever this year that London lights a menorah’

Mayor of London also confirmed investigation launched after TFL operated bus allegedly failed to stop for Jewish passengers in Stamford Hill

By Lee Harpin

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