Because the dates for Jewish holidays vary on the Gregorian calendar, sometimes an early Hanukkah coincides with Thanksgiving. When the two holidays overlapped in 2013, the phenomenon became known ...

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

Hanukkah is not a holiday to sit all day in synagogue and pray. It’s more of a holiday to eat potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, listen to comedian Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song, light candles each ...

WASHINGTON — The Jewish holiday ... Because of the calendar difference, the start of Hanukkah seems to move around. This year, it begins on Christmas Day and in 2013, the "Festival of Lights ...