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As the first night of Chanukah approaches, with the recent rise in antisemitic hate crimes following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, are you feeling too afraid to place your menorah in the window? Or are you feeling a renewed sense of pride in showing off your Jewish Identity? Please share your story with us.

Every winter, Jewish people around the world spend eight nights lighting candles, eating latkes, and spinning dreidels. But what’s Hanukkah really all about?

It’s the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, but where did this tradition start? And just how big is it?

In 1864, the Jewish poet Ludwig August Frankl named blue and white “the colors of Judah” in a poem not so surprisingly called “Judah’s Colours.”