Author: Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the World Zionist Organization Department for the Promotion of Aliyah.

Today begins the 38th Zionist Congress, the supreme ideological and policy-making body of the World Zionist Organization- ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית.

Hanukkah is celebrated in honor of the victory of ancient Jewish warriors and the divine miracle that allowed a small amount of oil to burn in the menorah of the liberated temple for a full eight days.