Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

The rabbi of Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Oakland says what was supposed to be a holiday celebration turned into fear and disappointment after community members found antisemitic graffiti at Lake ...

Israeli attacks during the more than year-long war have devastated buildings in the Gaza Strip, including nearly 1,000 ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious ...

Chanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in ...

Here is some background information about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. In 2025, Hanukkah will start on December 14 at sunset and will end December 22, at sunset. In 2024, Hanukkah will start on ...

Every evening for the past seven days, Anne Sheela Samuel and her daughter Rivka have been lighting a candle of the menorah, ...

As Christians everywhere enjoyed their Christmas dinners, Jews around the world celebrated the first night of Hanukkah, ...

During the last of eight days, all the candles have been lit leaving homes filled with light, but it also means the end of ...

Hanukkah is, perhaps, the easiest Jewish holiday to celebrate. There are no restrictions on what one may or may not do—no ...

January 2, is the final night of Hanukkah (Chanukah), which this year began on December 25, coinciding with Christmas. This ...

Hanukkah is a time for the Jewish community to celebrate their heritage. And Wednesday, Jewish families celebrated the final night of the 8-day holiday. “The significance of the last day of ...