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When was Jesus really born?

By Dr. Jason W. Snyder – Special to Higher Ground

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks during a Chicanukah event at Holocaust Museum Houston on Thursday, December 19, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day

By David Crary - Associated Press

Rabbi Peter Tarlow lights a candle on a menorah during a Chicanukah event at Holocaust Museum Houston on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated around the world

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U.S. Postal Service delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

‘Hanukkah Forever’: U.S. Postal Service to celebrate announcement of new commemorative stamp

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A man returns to his seat during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden is hosting a Hanukkah ceremony at the White House as fears mount about rising antisemitism

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

A menorah stands outside the entrance to Temple Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A 28-year-old suspect was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Jewish temple on Friday, just hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured and police they did not know the man's motive.(AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)

Shots fired outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins

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Hanukkah: Celebrating light, life and miracles in the midst of war

By Yael Eckstein – Special to Higher Ground

Live updates | Fighting in conditions in Gaza worsen as Israel widens its offensive

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Live updates | Fighting in conditions in Gaza worsen as Israel widens its offensive

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Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive

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Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive

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A woman in conservative dress walks past a menorah standing outside a Jewish synagogue ahead of the start of Hanukkah, in Miami Beach, Fla., Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Daily life for many Jews has been upended by the surprise attack on Oct. 7 in Israel, when Hamas militants killed about 1,200, mostly civilians, and by the rise in antisemitism worldwide during the ensuing war, in which more than 15,800 Palestinians have died. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to U.S. Jews amid war, antisemitism

By Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at a news conference on Nov. 8, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin had made clear his expectations for last week's closely watched legislative elections were a GOP majority in the House and Senate. Instead, Democrats have taken both. (AP Photo/Jay Paul, File)

Reported cancellation of menorah lighting draws rebuke from Virginia governor

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Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, on the platform left, and Rabbi Segal Shmoel, on the platform right, inspect a giant Hanukkah Menorah, set up by the Jewish Chabad Educational Center ahead of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, in front of the Brandenburg Gate at the Pariser Platz in central Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Holocaust survivors from around the world are marking the third day of Hanukkah in a virtual ceremony online as Jews are worrying about a sharp increase in antisemitism in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Holocaust survivors share message of hope during Hanukkah

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks past the White House menorah after speaking during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden condemns ‘venom’ of antisemitism at White House Hanukkah event

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Holocaust survivors honored with online event amid pandemic

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Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, left, and Rabbi Segal Shmoel, second from left, inspect a giant Hanukkah Menorah, set up by the Jewish Chabad Educational Center ahead of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, at the Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus

By ELANA SCHOR and LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, from left, Jacob J. Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov light the National Chanukah Menorah on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 20, 2011.
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Hanukkah kicks off with new look due to pandemic

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Israelis prepare to fly to Dubai at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The Israeli government is urging its citizens to avoid travel to the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. Thursday's travel advisory comes as Iran is threatening to attack Israeli targets following the assassination of its top nuclear scientist last Friday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2020, file photo, surrounded primarily by family, Nicky Kohen, the daughter of Josef Neumann who was critically injured in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration, speaks to reporters in front of her home in New City, N.Y. An Orthodox Jewish organization said Neumann died Sunday, March 29, 2020, from his injuries three months after the attacks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Man, 72, dies of injuries 3 months after Hanukkah stabbings

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