The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the ...
Melody Thieme has shared how different cultures celebrate the holiday season with her students. Among the traditions is the ...
The Orthodox Jewish community I grew up in rejected Christmas lights as signs of unwanted assimilation. We lighted the menorahs in our windows and doorways for the holiday’s eight nights ...
Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment ...
On the fourth night of Hanukkah, Jake Retzlaff and BYU take on Deion Sanders’ Colorado at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed ...
Instead of Celebrating Hanukkah at the Synagogue, some Portlanders this year found community and light in a new place, at the ...
The Jewish community is celebrating its first full day of Hanukkah Thursday.The holiday actually began at sundown Wednesday ...