Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...

We take a moment to wish a Happy Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — to members of the Jewish community in the area. Hanukkah ...

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the ancient Jewish Temple in ... so an extra month is added to the Jewish calendar every two to three years to keep the holidays within certain ...

Across the country, at the stroke of midnight, fireworks displays explode under the night sky to mark the beginning of a new ...

Over thousands of years, various cultures have developed calendars based on astronomical observations, leading to diverse ...

The short answer is no, but certain aspects of Hanukkah bring Christmas to mind. What are these aspects? Both occasionally ...

In a tumultuous year, JTA essayists struggled with the trauma of the Israel-Hamas war and the impact of a polarizing election ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Thursday. Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the ...

The story of January 1st being the official start of the year dates all the way back to ancient Rome. In 46 BCE, Julius ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the ...