Polish authorities are considering criminal charges against a lawmaker who allegedly said last week that the Nazi gas chambers were "fake" but blood libels were true.

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multi-branched candelabra.

Hanukkah starts this year on Saturday evening, and some Florida rabbis are concerned that Michigan prison inmates can't light Hanukkah candles.

Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, lit candles with the country’s Chabad rabbis on Wednesday, marking the third wartime Hanukkah since Russia’s 2022 invasion.

The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right on the menorah, thus always starting with the newest light.

The tradition calls for candles with a real flame, though some also use electric ones in public displays, such as in hospitals, for safety reasons. How is Hanukkah celebrated?

The menorah in Kennedy Plaza in Long Beach reaches 27 feet high and is so tall that rabbis must ride a fire department cherry picker to light the candles.

Eight lighting designers that will light up your Hanukkah From jewelers to woodworkers, ISRAEL21c scouted out brilliant candles, lamps and menorahs to help you celebrate the Festival of Light.

Candles of a menorah burn as Temple Shalom congregants mingle in the background on the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 7, 2023.

The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right on the menorah, thus always starting with the newest light.

Lighting a menorah inside your apartment could be against your lease agreement, depending on where you live in North Carolina.