From this week’s Torah portion, we learn that it is specifically through standing strong and with pride in our identity that ...

Review of Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah by Ezra Glinter (Yale University Press, 2024) Reporting of “secret tunnels” and the arrest of nine members of the ultra-Orthodox ...

It is not a major religious holiday in the Jewish calendar. The Books of the Maccabees are not included in the Jewish biblical canon, and the Babylonian Talmud only briefly explains the holiday's ...

Hanukkah, also spelt Chanukah, is a Jewish festival known as the "Festival of Lights," celebrated for eight days and nights, beginning on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. The Hebrew word ...

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

In 2024, Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, but the reason behind this rare occurrence lies in the differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars. Christmas is celebrated ...

(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Hanukkah, an important holiday in the Jewish calendar, is celebrated for eight days every year. This year, the holiday falls between Dec. 25 and Jan. 2. The holiday ...

It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets ...