The Hanukkah season, often called the Jewish Festival of Lights, is the perfect time to bring families together for ...

Through most of their history, Jews didn't make a big fuss about Hanukkah. It isn't even an official holiday in Israel: Government offices stay open and buses run as usual. People light their menorahs ...

Let’s just get this out of the way first: Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. But it is a festive winter holiday. While Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is considered a minor holiday in terms of ...

WIND POINT - With three children under five, the mission at the Engel household was crystal clear Sunday night. Teach tradition. Sunday was the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

What is the story of Hanukkah and why does it last for eight days? Hanukkah, or Chanukah, celebrates the the Maccabean Revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. In the second century B.C., the Holy Land ...

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The individual religious and cultural celebrations of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa often are lumped together as "the holiday season." That can lead some people, especially children, to wonder what ...

A GIANT DREIDEL SPLASHED WITH BRIGHT, COLORFUL PAINT IS CATCHING EYES AND TURNING HEADS AT SINAI HOSPITAL. THE MESSAGE OF THE DREIDEL, WHICH I ALWAYS FIND TO BE PERSONALLY VERY RESONATING, AND ...

Christmas and Hanukkah are holidays with their own meanings and traditions. This year, the two are linked in a special way, because the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day. That’s only ...

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 Catholics, ...