Join Malcolm Hoenlein, the former executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and JNS CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman for an ...

Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

Jim Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he ...

What life was like in those times is familiar to 75-year-old Jeff Calish, who grew up in Dorchester in the 1950s before his family relocated to Randolph. He resettled here in 1986 and recently began ...

Weekly Comic: A Chill Blast from the East for the Euro and Sterling By Investing.com - Aug 30, 2022 1 By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- How low can the euro and pound go? Both currencies have ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...

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 ...

Also present were former permanent representative of Israel to the United Nation Gilad Erdan and current Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog, who also spoke at the gathering with members of Congress.

The university also asked the task force to make recommendations on enhancing current Jewish life on campus. The task force’s archive-based historical investigation resulted in a 75-page report ...

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 ...