Hanukkah is familiarly known as a celebration of miracles: a tiny jar of oil that burned for eight days, the triumph of an ...

Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history ...

It isn’t about the gifts but about ‘publicizing the miracle,’ the light God gave the Jews.

We are all, whether we acknowledge it or not, living expressions of the flame of Hanukkah, which refuses to submit to mere ...

Judaism has always been open to what the world is learning and saying. It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine ...

It’s a busy holiday season this week, with Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all taking place within days of each other.

Hanukkah, perhaps the only Jewish holiday that has been confirmed by the archaeological record, celebrates the singular, ...

Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the ...

Jews began their eight-day-long festival of lights, called Hanukkah or Chanukah, on the evening of December 25, with prayers ...

Explore the symbolism behind the Ner Tamid, the eternal light in the synagogue, and its significance during Hanukkah.

Games of dreidel and the consumption of potato latkes and jelly donuts might obscure the deeper meanings of Hanukkah that ...

This is one of those rare years when the start of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — coincides with Christmas.