Hanukkah

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended Hanukkah greetings to the Jewish community in Türkiye.

"The understanding of tolerance is one of the most valuable legacies of our deep-rooted history and civilization," Erdoğan said in a message shared by his office on Dec. 13, suggesting that the freedom for all citizens to practice their beliefs "will be safeguarded by our state."

Turkey's Jewish community celebrated Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, on Nov. 28 at major synagogues across the country.

"I hope and wish that Hanukkah will enlighten our souls and cause the feelings of love, respect and brotherhood among people to develop," İsak Haleva, the chief rabbi of Turkey's Jews, said in his message.

The success in Parliament of a party with extremist views, with some of its members denying the Holocaust, should not be ignored, said on Thursday, the Israeli Ambassador in Bucharest, David Saranga, who voiced his hope that the first candle lit on the occasion of the Hanukkah holiday will drive away the hatred between people and be one of hope and peace.

Bucharest, Dec 23 /Agerpres/ - Israel's Ambassador, David Saranga, said on Monday that efforts must be made to remove xenophobia and anti-Semitism, attitudes he called "darkness". The diplomat spoke at an event organized at his residence, which celebrated the lighting of the second candle of Hanukkah. Hanukkah, the feast of lights, is the feast in which we are removing the darkness.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 22 extended his greetings to all Jewish people on the eve of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

Bucharest, Dec 2 /Agerpres/ - President Klaus Iohannis sent a message on Sunday on the occasion of Hanukkah holiday, the text being presented by presidential adviser Sergiu Nistor at the Choral Temple in Bucharest.

Turkey's Jewish citizens have lit the menorah during the first public celebration of Hanukkah in the republic's history, which was held in Istanbul's Ortaköy district with the attendance of state officials. 

Any initiative targeting fanatism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism should be targeted, Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev said on Monday.

Attending a ceremony of lightting candles on the Hanukkah Menorah at the Sofia Synagogue, Plevneliev argued that even the worst of evils could be stopped when people of different religious background unite and say "no" to hatred.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has extended holiday greetings to Turkey's Jewish citizens and to all Jewish people on the occasion of Hanukkah.

Judith must be the heroine figure in Judaism; she surely has her legacy on Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights.