In the USSR, Jewish life, Jewish religion and Jewish education were forbidden. Anyone who wanted to learn about Jewishness had to seek out ways to learn about it at his or her own risk. Jewish ...

Sharing reflections on experiencing resilience and unity in Israel during my first Hanukkah, highlighting the spirit of hope ...

With Robyn Hitchcock serving as Yo La Tengo's opening act, he was joined by his Soft Boys bandmates during the headliner's ...

The dreidel is best known as a beloved Hanukkah tradition. But it actually started as a European gambling toy, only acquiring ...

Yo La Tengo's eight-run run at New York's Bowery Ballroom continued last night. The Hanukkah show's surprise opening act was ...

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 ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday posted a video of her and her husband, Doug Emhoff, lighting Hanukkah candles, and wished the Jewish people a Happy Hanukkah. “The story of Hanukkah ...

This year Hanukkah, the “Festival of Lights,” is celebrated nightly from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2—marking the first time since 2005 ...

This is only the fourth time since 1900 that Hanukkah begins on Christmas Day. So, Rabbi at Temple Emanuel, Javier Cattapan, shares why Hanukkah means so much to the members of the Jewish ...

Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, eight-branched candelabra, the menorah. Each evening the middle candle from the ...