Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...

Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth ...

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar ...

Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on ...

When does Hanukkah start this year? And what's the correct way to light a menorah? Here are answers to some of the key ...

This year, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with ...

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

Hanukkah, which commemorates a Jewish military victory in Jerusalem some 2,200 years ago, usually falls in December, and ...

For the first time in about two decades, December 25 marked not only Christmas but also the start of Hanukkah.

The oversized menorah in the Pennsylvania Capitol was officially lit Thursday evening as the second night of Hanukkah began.

Hanukkah commemorates the successful Jewish revolt against occupying powers in ancient Jerusalem, said Frances Flannery, a ...