Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek ...
Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment ...
The Orthodox Jewish community I grew up in rejected Christmas lights as signs of unwanted assimilation. We lighted the menorahs in our windows and doorways for the holiday’s eight nights ...
This is because the date fluctuates with the Gregorian calendar, which uses a solar dating system. The date is always the same on the Hebrew or Jewish calendar because it is timed with the moon.
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed ...
The Jewish community is celebrating its first full day of Hanukkah Thursday.The holiday actually began at sundown Wednesday ...
CHICO, Calif. — Happening Thursday night, Dec. 26, the Chabad Jewish Center of Chico is hosting a menorah lighting at the ...
There’s some surprising Jewish history to be found at this annual attraction, where model trains traverse a mini New York ...