Today, Jews light the menorah, a candelabra with eight candles – and one “helper” candle, called a shamas – to remember the ...

It must have been an extraordinary experience when the kohanim in the days of the Hasmoneans suddenly realized that a tiny ...

It isn’t about the gifts but about ‘publicizing the miracle,’ the light God gave the Jews.

Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history ...

In liberal, Jewish households, Hanukkah has always been something of an embarrassment. First, there’s the unavoidable truth ...

It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine how much openness is necessary, and how much is too much. That's the miracle of Hanukkah. (RNS) — Hanukkah is here, and with it ...

which is why Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah The Hanukiah symbolises how God looked after the Jewish people during ...

Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. after it was defiled ...

"I'm sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness," Zelensky told the rabbis.

In this guest column, a Baton Rouge rabbi tells the story of Hanukkah and how it encourages her to favor justice and have ...

Games of dreidel and the consumption of potato latkes and jelly donuts might obscure the deeper meanings of Hanukkah that ...

"There's too much hate, too much separation against both Jews and Latinos," Tarlow said. "This is a way we can come together and show we support each other." While Hanukkah is intended as an ...