The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in ...

The Jerusalem Cinematheque is hosting the festival from December 28 - January 2, including wide-ranging genres and ...

From this perspective, the Menorah functions as a reminder of the Temple. As they left behind the ruins of the Temple, Jews ...

Hanukkah—also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew—is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

Hostage's father urges Trump to pressure PM to sign agreement: 'Netanyahu is trying to deceive you'; opposition figures lead ...

The faiths in our family include skepticism. But we have come to think of prayers not as a list of wishes hurled into the ...

For the first time ever, people in Greater Sudbury who identify with the Jewish faith marked Hanukkah with a public event, ...

In Hanukkah-themed protest, hostage families urge 'action, not miracles,' amid declining optimism for deal; rally against ...

The Jewish Music Institute, Festivaladino Jerusalem aims to position the city as “the world capital of Ladino,” artistic ...

Families have their own holiday food traditions, and celebrity chefs are no exception. Gail Simmons loves a plate of latkes, ...

Silverman served as deputy mayor of Sudbury from 1962 to 1964, and defeated Joe Fabbro to win the mayoral race in 1965. Sadly, he died less than a year later, in October 1966. Silverman was succeeded ...

Palestinianism seeks to strip justice and authenticity from Israel’s very existence and to upend its alliance with the ...