Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was younger and far less observant, I appreciated the holiday's ...

I’m very excited to be able to participate in a stamp dedication that is something that is representative of a joyous, celebratory Jewish tradition,” Carrie Rieger Brownlie told JNS.

Elliott Forrest: Chanukah, a festival of freedom, family, and food. I'm Elliott Forrest; welcome to "Chanukah Memories and Melodies." In this hour we'll hear from six well-known Jewish artists about ...

Chanukah began two nights ago. In some ways, it resembled the day on which it fell this year — Christmas. The two are intertwined even when they are a month apart, however, because Chanukah usually ...

The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized the Temple in his efforts to Hellenize Judea. Resisting ...

Adam Sandler first performed “The Chanukah Song” on Saturday Night Live in December 1994. As he said during that initial performance, he wrote the song (along with Lewis Morton and Ian Maxtone-Graham) ...

“When is the Jewish Christmas this year?” How many times have all of us heard that question or some variant over the course of our lifetimes? Sometimes I begin to explain the differences between ...

Of all the festivals in the Jewish year, Chanukah stands out in one very significant respect. All other festivals involve and relate to the Jewish People as a whole, both as the oppressed party and as ...

Smokey Robinson has confessed he now knows what "Chanukah" is after his iconic failed Cameo. "Want me to wish you a happy Chanukah. I have no idea what Chanukah is, but happy Chanukah because they ...

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