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 ...

Hanukkah is also called the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication and Feast of the Maccabees. Hanukkah is not the Jewish version of Christmas, but often children receive gifts, especially in ...

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

Hanukkah celebration exploded in the United ... A small group of Jewish rebels, the Maccabees, took on the empire and won. They cleared the Temple of idols. But when they went to relight the ...

Sharing reflections on experiencing resilience and unity in Israel during my first Hanukkah, highlighting the spirit of hope ...

A menorah was found vandalized in Uptown Gig Harbor at the start of Hanukkah, sparking an investigation of the incident as a ...

The eight-night feast of Hanukkah started on Christmas day—a special occurrence last witnessed in 2005. Jews across town ...

Miraculously, that one-day supply lasted eight days until new oil could be prepared, and from that, the eight days of Hanukkah are celebrated to this day. The rebellious spirit of the Maccabees ...

This week's adventure takes in the Hanukkah story, a fabulous museum and oily baked comestibles of course. Telephone: *2421 * Extension 4 Jerusalem Post or 03-7619056 Fax: 03-5613699 E-mail ...

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

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