Many of us grew up with a straightforward Hanukkah story. It is a parable of resilience, told and retold throughout the ages, ...

Tickets for the lighting on Wednesday are available at NationalMenorah.org. Ticket holders get some special Hanukkah perks, ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since ...

This year, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and ...

Holiday lights may have religious roots, but today they also bring joy to people of all backgrounds, author Eli Federman ...

By DAVID CRARY AP National WriterHanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which ...

Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays ...

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of the ...

December is a month replete with religious holidays. In our world there are 4,300 recognized religions and a limited number of major ones, which include Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, ...

For the past few years, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have been lonely times for her because her husband is in an assisted ...