The site is widely identified with the ancient village of Bet Zecharia, where the Seleucid army and the forces of Judah ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

“Shalom,” our word for wholeness, is the ultimate goal of a life lived with individuation. Through it, a person comes to ...

Indeed, any one of their military triumphs against the Syrians could have been considered the “miracle of Chanukah,” but it ...

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

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, pronounced Kha-nu-kah, began last evening, December 14, and ends on December 22. It is the Jewish ...

This Hanukah story is about two kinds of battle; the physical struggle against others (political and sometimes military); and the spiritual struggle within ourselves to trust in God (the oil).

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

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 ...

The Jewish people in America have long punched above their demographic weight. Consider how deprived our science, music, letters, film and law would be ...

In Sigmund Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams” (1899), he speaks about the significance of dreams and develops a psychological ...