Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

Members of Santa Fe's Jewish community are shaken after an attack in Boulder, Colo., prompting increased security at local ...

Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25, and Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, will both fall on the same day, creating a unique moment of cultural and religious convergence.

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 ...

TO ME. HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS. MAY THE LIGHTS The Jewish community in Lancaster City gathered Wednesday night to light the first of the eight candles for Hanukkah ...

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 ...

The eight-night Jewish holiday begins on the evening of Dec. 25 The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in ...

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 ...

Joint faith celebrations are taking place across Wales as the first day of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. Hanukkah - Chanukah in Hebrew - is celebrated for eight days in November or ...

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 ...