The holidays have occurred on the same day four times since 1900, according to Hebcal, a website that tracks Jewish holidays ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah — the Festival of Lights — is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 ...

Hanukkah falling on Christmas — sometimes dubbed " Christmukkah " — occurs rarely. Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah ...

It comes from reaching out.” Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on ...

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

For that, you can credit the fact that the Christian and Jewish faiths follow different calendars, one based on the sun's travels, the other also incorporating cycles of the moon. That results in ...

Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27. The holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar and always falls on the 25th day of Kislev.