Hanukkah has already begun, and it will end just before Christmas. Here's what to know about the Jewish holiday

As Hanukkah continues, the Jewish community still feeling the impacts of the mass shooting in Australia that killed 15 people during a celebration for the first

President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, saying she “hates Jewish people,” at a Hanukkah event at the White House on Dec. 16. Trump said Israel and the “Jewish lobby” was once the strongest lobby in Washington. But that's “no longer true,” the president added.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Congress “is becoming antisemitic,” as the “Jewish lobby” is no longer the strongest in Washington, and incorrectly claimed that he had gotten all hostages out of Gaza,

A Jewish family in California claims they were targeted by a group of individuals who fired at their home and shouted anti-semitic and racist slurs after seeing Hanukkah decorations.

Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting of candles.

Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.

Rabbi Abraham Unger, executive director of New Synagogue Palm Beach, said the holiday recognizes the survival of the Jewish people during a time of widespread assimilation and oppression, as it commemorates the Jewish people’s triumph over Greek-Syrian control more than 2,000 years ago.