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 ...

Chanukah in the United States usually feels pretty festive. I have many happy memories of my childhood celebrations, which always included lots of presents. When my husband and I were the parents of ...

In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in a stubby glass holder. And after the candle has burned, you’re left with ...

“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness,” Zelensky told the rabbis. Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, lit candles with the country ...

Hanukkah − often referred to as the festival of lights − reaffirms the ideals of Judaism, commemorating in particular the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem through a Jewish festival by ...

(LEX 18) — The Jewish community in Kentucky will light Hanukkah candles this year with heavy hearts as they honor those killed in a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community on Bondi Beach in ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — December 25 is the first day of Hanukkah in 2024, and southeast Idaho’s Jewish community held a third annual Hanukkah celebration in Idaho Falls. A menorah was lit during ...

The Welsh U. of Aberystwyth declares that lighting Shabbat candles is a fire hazard, nearly 20 years after Jewish tourists have done so every summer. An aerial view of Aberystwyth, Wales, where the ...