Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so ...

Hanukkah has already begun, and it will end just before Christmas. Here's what to know about the Jewish holiday ...

While the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah often falls at varying points during November and December, this year's festival of lights begins a bit later - and it comes with a calendar rarity. In 2024, ...

Hanukkah and Christmas fall on the same day this year, marking a rare occurrence of the two religious celebrations coinciding. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas ...

For the first time since 2005, the first night of Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day. Rabbi Peter Schaktman at Temple Emanu-El in Utica explained that for the Jewish people, “... Hanukkah starts the ...

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has happened only four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays ...

The first Passover is an event that occurred about 3,500 years ago. It marks the beginning of the Jewish people as a free people. The first commandment given to the Jewish people was to construct ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive ...