Through most of their history, Jews didn't make a big fuss about Hanukkah. It isn't even an official holiday in Israel: Government offices stay open and buses run as usual. People light their menorahs ...

Let’s just get this out of the way first: Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. But it is a festive winter holiday. While Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is considered a minor holiday in terms of ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with candle lighting, special prayers and fried food. Here's what to know ...

WIND POINT - With three children under five, the mission at the Engel household was crystal clear Sunday night. Teach tradition. Sunday was the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

While the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah often falls at varying points during November and December, this year's festival of lights begins a bit later - and it comes with a calendar rarity. In 2024, ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of the Syrian Greeks who oppressed the religious freedom of Judaism and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem ...

The individual religious and cultural celebrations of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa often are lumped together as "the holiday season." That can lead some people, especially children, to wonder what ...

Celebrate the eighth night of Hanukkah! Wear your Hanukkah pajamas and eat a tasty buffet with pancakes, eggs, yogurt, fresh fruit, latkes and Le Caves donuts. After, light the hanukkiah or bring your ...

A GIANT DREIDEL SPLASHED WITH BRIGHT, COLORFUL PAINT IS CATCHING EYES AND TURNING HEADS AT SINAI HOSPITAL. THE MESSAGE OF THE DREIDEL, WHICH I ALWAYS FIND TO BE PERSONALLY VERY RESONATING, AND ...

There’s a uniqueness to Hanukkah this year, as candles will be lit starting in 2024 and ending in 2025. The message could not be clearer for all of us: to both end and start the year with light. How ...