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

Judaism has always been open to what the world is learning and saying. It has fallen to every generation of Jews to determine ...

Like the Jews at the end of the Hanukkah story, Oct. 8 Jews are beginning to rededicate themselves. For some, as the Wall Street Journal reported, the change has been spiritual: Synagogues have ...

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

Assimilation no doubt played a role in making Hanukkah the commercialized holiday it is today. But other factors shaped the ...

Christmas and Hanukkah share a date this year. An important connection between them is that they are both celebrations of ...

"Hanukkah represents the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and spirituality over materialism," Palm Beach ...

Jews began their eight-day-long festival of lights, called Hanukkah or Chanukah, on the evening of December 25, with prayers ...

This is one of those rare years when the start of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — coincides with Christmas.

The lyrics of a traditional song — "Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah" — rang through the basement of Aiken's Adath Yeshurun Synagogue ...

Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, ...