The holiday season is upon us and that includes the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights. The word "Hanukkah" means "dedication" in Hebrew, and the holiday ...

Really want to nerd out on linguistics? In Hebrew, the word "Hanukkah" begins with the Hebrew letter Chet. Krisnsky prefers writing Hanukkah with an H instead of a C-H, because the latter is a ...

“Now I can tell you the story of it.” The Jewish story of Hanukkah. About 2,200 years ago, the Greeks marched into the Jewish people’s promised land where the Jewish people lived, to take ...

As the holiday season begins, here's a guide to the festival of lights. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at ...

“It’s certainly not as offensive as the Hanukkah bush.” “And,” he added, “can we keep in mind that the stuff is legal in a few states?” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time ...

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is the Jewish festival of lights. It lasts for eight days and, in 2024, will be celebrated from 25 December to 2 January 2025. Judaism follows a lunar calendar, so holiday ...

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...

President Javier Milei appeared at the República Oriental del Uruguay Square in Buenos Aires for the celebration of the Jewish Hanukkah festivity. “After so many years, the light is going to ...