For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...
As the calendar turns to a new year, people often reflect on personal growth and set resolutions to improve their lives.
This article discusses the final category: federal holidays that are religious in origin but are now seemingly celebrated secularly, with New Year’s Day as an excellent example of that.
Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different months, with Christmas coming on the 25th of December on the Gregorian calendar, and Hanukkah starting on the 25th day of the ...
Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year. How often does that occur? Explaining the rare Chrismukkah convergence and other calendar oddities.
Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since ...
For 2024, Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day and ends on Jan. 2, meaning for families that celebrate both holidays, they get ...
Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar ... This season, the Hallmark Channel introduced a new Christmas movie called "Leah's Perfect ...
When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria, an exhibition by New York City photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin paying tribute to ...
The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the month ...