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  1. Dec 12, 2022 · For many countries and cultures around the world Hanukkah is more than an excuse to exchange gifts. This religious holiday is a chance to gather with their Jewish family or community to celebrate Judaism and share customs, rituals and traditions from ancient times. We take a look at 21 countries around the world that celebrate Hanukkah.

  2. Nov 30, 2023 · FILE - An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in front of a menorah on the third eve of Hanukkah, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.

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  4. Nov 30, 2023 · Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC ...

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  5. Nov 11, 2023 · Rome. The Jewish community in Rome is one of the oldest, making this city home to one of the most unusual Hanukkah festivities around the world. During the Dark Ages, Rome’s Jews were forced into a ghetto east of the Tiber River. Today, the area is a thriving Jewish quarter, where Hanukkah is a chance to celebrate the Jewish people’s ...

  6. Nov 30, 2023 · When is Hanukkah, and how is it celebrated around the world? Nation Nov 30, 2023 3:50 PM EDT. Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s ...

  7. Dec 3, 2023 · This year, Hanukkah will be celebrated from Dec. 7 through Dec. 15. Does Hanukkah observance vary? Jews across the religious observance spectrum — from Reform to Conservative to Orthodox — focus on the same theme of bringing light into the darkness and emphasizing that even a small, against-the-odds effort can have a transforming effect.

  8. Dec 10, 2023 · In the walled Old City district of Jerusalem these days - the sounds of Hanukkah celebrations. This after the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas attack and despite the ongoing war in Gaza ...

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