Some years, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah occurs closer to Thanksgiving time, with the eight-day holiday taking place in ...

Hanukkah last fell on Christmas Day in 2005. Before that, it occurred in 1959 and 1921. It will not happen again until 2035.

Hanukkah starts in December this year, but ends in January. Here's what to know about the Jewish holiday including the dates, ...

Hanukkah is the Jewish "festival of lights" that lasts for eight days. Here's what to know about how, why and when it is celebrated.

The latter two take significant effort to produce. If you want to understand the complexities and dynamics of the Jewish calendar, the aptly named book The Jewish Calendar (Mosaica Press ...

Because the start of Hanukkah is tied to the Hebrew calendar, the dates change from year to year and the holiday can happen ...

The Maccabees then reclaimed the temple. "Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lighting lights during the darkest ...

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San Francisco State professor Marc Dollinger was giving a lecture on American Jews and the Black Power movement of the 1960s.

Notre-Dame reopens after a devastating fire, Paul Schrader offers a fictional portrait of a dying documentarian in ‘Oh, ...

The word “Chanukah” in Hebrew means “dedication” because the Jewish holiday celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple ...

Most districts are giving students and faculty two weeks off with some students having a few extra days for teacher work days ...