PEEPS has something new to help celebrate Easter. Here's a look at the fun flavors and facts about the holiday.

At the start of a new year, we become increasingly aware of the marking of time into significant chunks and milestones. Yet, ...

Temple Beth David (TBD) in Spring Hill had two special Hanukkah celebrations. The first, held on Friday, December 27, was ...

Swedish historian and writer Svante Lundgren holds a doctorate in Jewish Studies from Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He has ...

It helped, to some degree, pointing out that the four, Temple-related fasts are specifically mentioned in the bible. Although ...

Traditional holidays such as Chinese New Year and birthdays are celebrated on the Lunar calendar. Islamic religious holidays ...

Abheis said in his assessment of the situation that the Hebrew Hanukkah aggression this year aimed at solidifying this ...

Hanukkah, an eight-night celebration of light, culminated this week on Thursday. At Covenant Living of Keene, Jewish ...

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

Hanukkah begins on the 25th of the Hebrew lunar month of Kislev every year, but the date in the Gregorian calendar varies. The lunar calendar is shorter than the solar one, so an extra month is ...

Jewish tradition abides by a lunar calendar. As a result Hanukkah falls out on different days each year in the Gregorian Calendar, which is the official calendar in most of the world, including ...

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 ...