This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005.
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed ...
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 ...
Holiday lights may have religious roots, but today they also bring joy to people of all backgrounds, author Eli Federman ...
Hanukkah is a Jewish eight-day wintertime festival ... and waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. Christmas Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.
Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on ...
Hanukkah and Christmas coincide this year. AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the small Jewish patriots, the Maccabees, and their win over the large Greek army ...
Hanukkah is perceived as a marquee Jewish holiday in the U.S. due to its proximity to Christmas. But in fact, Hanukkah is not as important as the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and ...
The Jewish celebration of the Festival of Lights ... some have also acknowledged the commercialization of the fake holiday. Have Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah coincided before?
My Jewish mother even grew up with a Christmas tree ... Of course, I pretended not to see the resemblance. That’s what the Christmas holiday teaches, right? Suspension of disbelief. My father ...
Hanukkah is a relatively minor Jewish holiday commemorating the recapture and rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BC. Christians consider Christmas, which celebrates ...
This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two ...