Here's what you need to know about playing this festive Hanukkah activity. A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides, each ...

However, the Second Book of the Maccabees (c. 124 BCE), written in Egypt, notes that Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

Rich history and personal traditions make Hanukkah special, with a focus on family rituals, historical significance and the ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day festival marking the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here's what to know about the ...

There are well over a dozen holidays each year in the Jewish calendar, yet none are as well known as Hanukkah, the festival ...

With the Hanukah miracle revolving around oil, it is customary to celebrate the holiday by eating foods fried in oil.

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight ...

Many people in the states celebrate Hanukkah with lighting a menorah and eating oily foods like doughnuts and potato latkes.

This year, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, December 14, 2025 and ends with nightfall on Monday, December 22, 2025.

As with most meaningful holidays, Hanukkah is best celebrated by making it personal. For me, it begins by remembering my father, who died exactly one week before Hanukkah, 44 years ago. His presence ...

Hanukkah, the eight-day wintertime festival of lights, is here and will feature nightly devotions for Jewish people around ...