Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago. As the island's Jewish residents ...

As Hanukkah celebrations begin around the country, Jewish leaders say their communities will mark the holiday festival as usual despite rising antisemitism and heightened tensions and sensitivity ...

From dreidels to menorahs and latkes to cookies, there's sure to be a recipe or craft here that your littles will love to ...

The menorah, a symbol of hope, resilience, and faith, holds a prominent place in Jewish tradition. Its flickering flames during Hanukkah represent the miracle of light that lasted eight days, ...

Chanukah and Hanukkah refer to the same holiday, and both are correct spellings for the Jewish Festival of Lights. While the ...

For several years, a menorah has stood alongside the Christmas tree inside the county courthouse in Missoula, Montana. This year, a local rabbi asked officials to erect a Hanukkah display on the ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah commemorates the Maccabees' reclaiming of the Jerusalem Temple from the Syrians/Greeks around 165 B.C.E. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, upon taking control of the city, banned ...

BOSTON -- It's a first night of Hanukkah unlike any in recent memory. The celebrations are happening across the region, yet for the Jewish community, many of their minds remain on the Israel-Hamas war ...

For Jews accustomed to celebrating Hanukkah as a minority, this difference is striking. In much of the Diaspora, Hanukkah has ...