They are looking at a people who survived slavery in Egypt and emerged as a nation; who received a moral constitution at Sinai that reshaped human ethics; who withstood the Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires; who revolted against Rome, the superpower of the ancient world; who endured two thousand years of exile, persecution, forced conversions, massacres, and expulsions; and who were told repeatedly—by both Christian and Muslim worlds—that their return to history was impossible. And yet the Jews returned.

The Jewish people show that "a tiny nation can outlive empires, ideologies & civilizations."

Hanukkah is a celebration of light over darkness.

This #Hanukkah25, learn about Judaism and the Jewish people, and let its light dispel the darkness of hate.

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Embrace Your Jewish Identity | Aish After the Hanukkah attack in Australia, the call is clear: stand firm as Jews, learn your story, and carry Jewish light forward.

This is what Hanukkah is about: the persistence of the Jewish people through millennia of persecution, forced conversions, massacres, and expulsions, always returning to their ancestral land as a sovereign nation.

Hated for their refusal to be conquered. 1/2

#Hanukkah25

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When I was a child, I didn’t fully understand the inspiration of Hanukkah.

Now, as worldwide attacks on the Jewish people grow, I understand.

The Maccabee spirit lives.

#AmYisraelChai
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Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is a joyous holiday. It celebrates the victory of the Jews over Syrian Greek colonizers who tried to erase us in 167 BCE.

Traditional foods include jelly-filled doughnuts. What’s not to like?

#Hanukkah25

Happy #Hanukkah25

Chaya could have saved herself. Instead she was shot while shielding other kids The 14-year-old heard a mum scream for someone to help her kids moments after the Bondi attack started and jumped into action.

One of the heroes of the Bondi massacre: 14-year-old Chaya Mushka Dadon lay over two young girls, shielding them from the spray of gunfire after their mothers were shot. Chaya herself is recovering from being shot
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#LightforAustralia #Hanukkah25

Take a lesson from Hanukkah.
Spread light.
Stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters. #Hanukkah25

“We don’t go down in darkness. We shine light. That’s the only way to push out darkness.”
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Happy Hanukkah!

This is a wonderful holiday to celebrate resilience against hate.

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Happy #hanukkah25!

What these young women endured! But their Jewish spirit lifts them up.

They are the light of Hanukkah.

#AmYisraelChai
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Bondi Beach shooting shows we can't 'debate' antisemitism | Opinion What happened on Bondi Beach in Australia demands a change in our response. Have courage to name antisemitism clearly.

Let's spread tolerance & light this holiday season. Help stop the soaring antisemitism. Unite against hate. Don't be silent!

Bondi Beach shooting shows we can't 'debate' antisemitism | Opinion www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... via @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com
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Isn't it wonderful when honoring tradition is so delicious?

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This is the eternal story of the Jewish people:

“Despite expulsion, loss, and grief, they returned. They rebuilt.”

We return to our home in Israel, in 2025 as in 1917 and 164 BCE.

Hanukkah celebrates this commitment to our faith & land.

Terrorists will not win.

#Hanukkah25
#AmYisraelChai

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Happy Hanukkah! Did you know that Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah by eating jelly donuts and Latkes? This commemorates the oil used for the eternal flame that burned for 8 days after the Temple of Jerusalem was ransacked. #Hanukkah25

London mayor tries to block vigil for Bondi terror victims | The Jerusalem Post The attempt comes despite the fact that the mayor stated earlier that he would do everything in his power to keep London's Jews safe, and had asked police to step up to cover Hanukkah events.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan tried to block the London vigil for Jewish victims of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, even though he'd said he'd do everything in his power to keep London’s Jews safe.

If your people were slaughtered, wouldn't you demand more?

#Hanukkah25

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Text on a cream-colored background lists Jewish holidays and the challenges they commemorate surviving: "Many Jewish holidays are ritualized memory of survival—after attempted annihilation, expulsion, or forced erasure for thousands of years. Passover — survived slavery & state violence; Purim — survived a planned genocide; Hanukkah — survived forced cultural eradication; Sukkot — survived displacement & homelessness; Shavuot — survived statelessness through shared law; Rosh Hashanah — survived time, exile, forgetting; Yom Kippur — survived internal collapse through accountability; Simchat Torah — survived exile without losing the text. One exception: Tisha B'Av — remembers what happens when survival fails (Destruction. Expulsion. Pogroms.)"

@ektashahmd.bsky.social shared this the other day from @louisexincouture's IG post.

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I think there are many out there that don't realize there's only an estimated 15.8 million Jews in the world. Still less than the Jewish population before The Holocaust!

#Hanukkah25

Terrorists attacked Jews celebrating the beautiful holiday of Hanukkah, leaving slaughter of Jews young and old on Bondi Beach.

More than ever, the Jewish people need you to break the silence.

Speak for religious freedom.
Speak for a minority against hate.
Be an ally.

#Hanukkah25

They attack Hanukkah celebrations because they know it symbolizes our victory over all haters through the ages.

They hate that.

#Hanukkah25

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Everyone who supports religious freedom should join in celebrating Hanukkah this year.

It’s the emblem for a minority people — just .02% of the world population! — fighting against the odds for the right to exist as a people in their indigenous homeland.

#Hanukkah25

Hanukkah is as important as ever this year, because the fight is the same: "anti-colonial, de-colonial, resistance to assimilation." A struggle against the ethnic cleansing of the eternal land of the Jewish people.

#Hanukkah25

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Israel Is the only country in the world that bears the same name, speaks the same language, upholds the same faith, and inhabits the same land as it did 3000 years ago.

The Jewish people have fought successfully through the millennia to defend the right to a nation in their indigenous homeland.

Today’s fight is like that of the Maccabees, the underdog band that saved Jewish existence from Syrian Greeks 2200 years ago.

Israel lives.

#AmYisraelChai
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The History of Hanukkah For me, one of the most exciting parts of winter is the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. This year it starts the evening of December 7th and it ends the evening of Decemb...

Hanukkah is especially meaningful in 2025, as Jews are attacked worldwide.

The Maccabees saved Judaism by fighting & taking down the Syrian army.

The Jewish people have survived ethnic cleansing, slaughter, hate through the ages and will do it again. #Hanukkah25

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The Jewish people have ALWAYS been in Israel.

The holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the successful defense of the Jewish state in Israel, from 2200 years ago to today -- whether the enemy is colonizing Syrian Greeks in 167 BCE or Hamas in the 21st century.

#AmYisraelChai
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🫶🏻 Happy #Hanukkah25!

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Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah celebrates religious freedom. People are being attacked due to their faith worldwide. Let’s all stand up against religious bigotry. #Hanukkah25