Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness,” Zelensky told the rabbis. Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, lit candles with the country ...

Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights, usually in November or December. This year, it begins at sundown on Sunday, December 14, 2025 and ends with nightfall ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Fifty years ago, the first public menorah was lit at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as an effort to promote observance of the Jewish holiday. As it has for the past several years, the ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — December 25 is the first day of Hanukkah in 2024, and southeast Idaho’s Jewish community held a third annual Hanukkah celebration in Idaho Falls. A menorah was lit during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with ...

As tiny lights strung on trees cut through the darkness Dec. 16 at Skokie’s memorial park at Krier Plaza, a band of celebrants lit one more light: a Hanukkah candle on a menorah. Organizers ...

Rabbi Jon Nelson told the story of Hanukkah to a crowd of dozens filling the plaza outside Beaumont City Hall on Monday night -- the sixth night of Hanukkah. It was his first time celebrating the ...

The holiday season heralds the arrival of Hanukkah, the eight-day Festival of Lights. Even in the most challenging times, Hanukkah is meant to be celebrated and cheered—in fact, it’s considered a ...