It's the most wonderful time of the year. 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 ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for once, the most wonderful day. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date. This year, Judaism's eight-day Festival of Lights begins at sundown ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has happened only four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays ...

Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight consecutive nights, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

Hanukkah changes every year but 2024's Jewish festival coincides with Christmas, starting at sunset on December 25 and continuing for eight nights.

In his introduction to the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah, Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth writes about his experiences as a teenager during World War II, when he and his family hid inside a cramped attic in ...

Those celebrating religious holidays such as Easter, Passover, Ramadan and Holi, may notice celebrations are a little off-schedule in 2024. For one, the Christian holiday Easter lands on March 31, ...