Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day this year, marking a rare occurrence of the two religious celebrations coinciding. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins this year on ...

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 ...

Ah, yes, Hanukkah. The Festival of Lights. The "Jewish Christmas." The holiday that Adam Sandler wrote a song about. To Jewish people, however, Hanukkah isn't actually all that religious of a ...

And for once, the most wonderful day. You can thank a Jewish Leap Year and other calendrical quirks. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date. This year, Judaism's eight-day Festival of ...

The countdown to Hanukkah has begun, and this year the annual Jewish celebration coincides with Christmas, a popular Christian holiday. Hanukkah, also known as the Jewish Festival of Lights ...

My Jewish mother even grew up with a Christmas ... Then one year, when we headed over to my dad’s to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, there was a new arrival: a Hanukah tee-pee!

Hanukkah, which commemorates a Jewish military victory in Jerusalem some 2,200 years ago, usually falls in December, and given Christmas’ claim on the 25th, the two can occur within weeks or ...

observed the holiday as a way to celebrate his combined Jewish and Protestant heritage. The O.C. went on to have annual Chrismukkah specials. With Christmas and Hanukkah happening all at once this ...

In a season of glowing menorahs and sizzling latkes, Hanukkah brings eight days of light, joy, and tradition to Jewish homes around the world. But how did this holiday of miracles and resilience ...

Happy Sunday and to those celebrating this week: Merry Christmas! Or, Happy Hanukkah! This year is unusual in that for only the fifth time in the last 100-plus years, the first night of Hanukkah ...

But the first night of Hanukkah won’t coincide with Christmas Day again until 2035. (Despite what your average calendar will tell you, Jewish holidays start at sundown the night before the ...