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

The music icon was joined by her four daughters for a double holiday post on Instagram Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Brenton's work has ...

JERUSALEM — Last year, Israelis marked Hanukkah and Christmas mostly quietly in their homes, synagogues, churches — and bomb shelters. Some 200,000 were displaced due to rocket fire from Gaza ...

Holiday lights may have religious roots, but today they also bring joy to people of all backgrounds, author Eli Federman ...

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By Remy Tumin and Claire Moses The Dec. 25 menu is set for Denise Handlarski’s family: Turkey because it’s Christmas. Latkes because it’s Hanukkah. Ms. Handlarski, a rabbi who lives in ...

Wait. Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day this year? December 25th! Thank God! Finally! Can we please keep this up?! My extended family is a mishmash of Jews and ...

This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005.

This week, two holidays are being celebrated across the country, as the first night of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. The Jewish celebration of the Festival of Lights begins at ...

The Garcias are an interfaith family who will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas, which fall on the same day this year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share For the first time ...

In 2024, Christmas and Hanukkah will fall on the same day - December 25 - for the first time since 2005. Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25, and Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights ...

Christmas and Hanukkah rarely fall on the same date, but this year they do. One mixed-faith family in Oakland, Calif., ...