Residents of the 210-unit Gurwin Jewish-Fay J. Lindner Residences in Commack offer life advice to the next generation.

2022. The annual event features the lighting of a large pink menorah.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Hanukkah, an important holiday in the Jewish calendar, is celebrated for eight days every year.

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

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 ...

Hanukkah, which follows the Jewish calendar, always begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. Hanukkah can begin as early as November each year and will likely ...

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 ...

For that, you can credit the fact that the Christian and Jewish faiths follow different calendars, one based on the sun's travels, the other also incorporating cycles of the moon. That results in ...

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 ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for once, the most wonderful day. You can thank a Jewish Leap Year and other calendrical quirks. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date.

The cast of “Traveler’s Prayer” is Roni Geva (“Monsters,” “Law & Order”), Michael Naishtut (“Gene Simmons: Family Jewels”), Amy Tolsky (“Jury Duty,” “Mixed-ish”) and Jill Remez (“How to Get Away with ...