Hanukkah is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one ...

The towering menorah, certified by Guinness World Records, will be lit nightly during Chanukah from Dec. 14 through Dec. 21.

The Hebrew calendar is lunar, as opposed to the Gregorian calendar that most of the world uses. Because of that, the start of ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Fifty years ago, the first public menorah was lit at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as an effort to promote observance of the Jewish holiday. As it has for the past several years, the ...