For Jewish parents, however, Hanukkah’s week-and-a-day duration poses an annual conundrum: How to divvy up the gifts? Should there be eight nights of equally weighted surprises — or should ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Aly Walansky is a NY-based journalist who covers cocktails and dining. Hanukkah and Christmas overlap this year, making it feel like a ...

It’s more of a holiday to eat potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, listen to comedian Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song, light candles each night. And give and get gifts. Lots of gifts. Usually ...

But it is certainly a lot of fun, with latkes and jelly donuts galore, the twinkling candlelight of the menorah, and fun Hanukkah gifts to unwrap. In 2024, Hanukkah happens to fall super late on ...

Yet here I am, planning gifts for my children — who go to Jewish day school and still expect presents all eight nights. Hanukkah’s commercialization is attractive for another reason ...

The boy’s Hanukkah gifts — Play-Doh, pajamas, coloring books — will be from both parents. Someday, when Kai is older, the Cutlers plan to tell him more about those fabric candles ...

Hanukkah is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays and known as the Festival of Lights. JASON LEE JASON LEE We’ve put together a list of all Hanukkah celebrations taking place across ...

“Hanukkah is more than just gifts, latkes, and gelt,” said Rabbi Yehuda Shemtov who is the Lubavitch of Bucks County director. “The Jewish tradition when we remember miracles not to just remember the ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...