Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with candle lighting, special prayers and fried food. Here's what to know ...

Every year in November or December, Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days and nights in a row. The festival begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month in the ...

As the holiday season begins, here's a guide to the festival of lights. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at ...

Once a minor holiday for observant Jews, Hanukkah has become a major celebration in the U.S. Why? Here's everything you need to know: Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in ...

Hanukkah, also spelt Chanukah, means Festival of Lights. It is an annual week-long celebration and one of the biggest festivals of the year for Jewish people. The festival marks the date about two ...

Explore Hanukkah-related items from across the Smithsonian's collections to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights. Learn more about our Statue of Liberty Hanukkah menorah, made by Manfred Anson from ...

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is the Jewish festival of lights. It lasts for eight days and, in 2024, will be celebrated from 25 December to 2 January 2025. Judaism follows a lunar calendar, so holiday ...

Unfortunately, one cannot say the same for Hanukkah, which this year starts on Dec. 24 — yep, Christmas Eve. It’s very hard to find convincing TV portrayals of the Jewish winter festival ...

Those lights will illuminate the streets for the Jewish community in Pittsburgh as it celebrates the Festival of Hanukkah, which begins Sunday. On Monday, the community will stage its annual ...

The Jewish festival of Chanukah is here, but like everything else this year it will be changed by Covid-19 restrictions. Here, a young Jewish woman tells us how she will mark the holiday a little ...

Griping about Hanukkah representation in the ... And know absolutely nothing about the actual festival in question.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.