Ironically, one of the persistent questions about how to observe Chanukah since the establishment of the holiday in the second century BCE is defining the extent of its public nature. The story of ...

As Chanukah approaches with yet another war now raging in Israel, I keep recalling a previous time when my then nineteen-year-old son Meir had been a soldier stationed at a military outpost in Lebanon ...

The second blessing of Chanukah teaches: Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, ruler of time and space, who made miracles for our ancestors at this season. While we often think about the miracle of the ...

Our lives are full of value judgments. We learn to make decisions on these issues when dilemmas relating to our society, our religion, our culture or ourselves arise. While it is easy to declare ...

Tis the season, and by “the season,” I of course mean Hanukah, or Chanukah. And to celebrate, I figured I’d have some traditional brisket and potato latkes — which have about as much to do with the ...

Only rarely do Chanukah and Christmas fall on the same day, but this year is one of those times. The first light of Chanukah will be kindled in Jewish homes across the world on Wednesday evening, Dec.

The cancellation of the Chanukah celebration at the borough of Havering at East London, England, a topic of controversy, has been reversed, the Sun has learned, after a meeting between borough leaders ...

During the festival of Chanukah this year, a special candle-lighting ceremony took place at a Ramat Gan elementary school devastated by a Houthi ballistic missile attack in December. The mayor of ...

The beautiful and ornately designed menorahs … the glowing and twinkling candles that pierce both the darkness and our Jewish souls … the sizzling of latkes frying in oil – and the culinary delight in ...

Albert Einstein reportedly said there are only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. This adage contains a profound truth — that ...

For December, the Heersink School of Medicine Office of Access & Engagement set out to learn more about this season’s holidays by connecting with our faculty, staff, and students. In part one of our ...

Hanukkah is a special festival that comes alive each year with rich traditions and practices. One of the most important holidays in the Jewish faith, "Chanukah" is an eight-day celebration of a ...