Dear all, All Jewish days, including Holy Days and Festivals, begin at sunset with the lighting of candles. (This has to do ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. And for once, the most wonderful day. You can thank a Jewish Leap Year and other calendrical quirks. Christmas and Hanukkah are coming. On the same date.

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, spans eight nights and is one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. This year, in ...

Plenty of newsworthy moments are in store for 2025. Here's a list of dates you should circle on your calendar.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several hundred people gathered in D.C. on the night of Hanukkah for the annual National Menorah Lighting.

While the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah often falls at varying points during November and December, this year's festival of ...

Rabbi Peter Schaktman at Temple Emanu-El in Utica explained that for the Jewish ... he explained. “Passover has to occur in spring. It’s like how Ramadan, the Muslim calendar, can move around ...

The Jewish calendar is lunar, adding a month every 14 years to keep season-specific holidays like Passover and Sukkot on track. In Hebrew, the extra month is called a "pregnant year." Since 1900 ...

John 19), the crucifixion of Jesus coincided with the Jewish Feast of Passover (day 14 of ... likely referring to the sixth month of the Syro-Macedonian calendar, called Xanthikos.

Families of hostages are subject to verbal and physical abuse while they demonstrate at the top of their voices at ...