“What is so beautiful about Hanukkah is that it occurs during the darkest time of the year,” adds Rabbi Cheryl Jacobs of Ramat Shalom Beth Israel. “When we light the Hanukkah ...

That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians who believe in life after death, as well as the 58% of Israeli Jews who ...

Brooklynites will head to Grand Army Plaza to light the 32-foot-tall menorah every night of Hanukkah, as has been tradition ...

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...

In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an ...

"Just as with Christmas, Hanukkah usually takes place on the longest nights of the year. It's a time of year when we need more light than ever. Little did the ancient Jews know, their descendants ...

As part of the ceremony, the organization will ignite a 9ft Hanukkah menorah, erected at Niagara Square. The lighting will be followed by a community-wide celebration. The menorah-lighting ...

Chabad Palo Alto, a Jewish outreach organization, is continuing its 40-year tradition of celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with a public menorah lighting in front of Palo Alto City Hall on ...

They were the most likely in the United States, for example, to say that they used candles or incense religiously, an unsurprising finding given that lighting Hanukkah candles is a relatively ...