The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive ...

This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The ...

As long as Western societies continue to placate, mollify and coddle such pressures, this trajectory will only intensify.

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis ushered in the holiest day of the Jewish calendar at sundown Friday as nearly the entire country ground to a halt for Yom Kippur, Judaism’s day of atonement, observed with a ...

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...

Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago. As the island's Jewish residents ...

New footage of six Israeli hostages shows them celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah while being held captive in a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Each year, right around the time many Americans are peeping fall foliage, clutching spiced lattes and ...

The High Holiday season has concluded at Adath Israel in Merion Station, and it was a time when the congregation was able to find deep spiritual meaning amid the yearly holiday arc, the news of the ...

In honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer organization founded by ...

These are historic moments for the people of Israel and the State of Israel. During more than two years of a tough war on multiple fronts, Israel as a nation has shown extraordinary strength, ...