For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...

Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day this year. How often does that occur? Explaining the rare Chrismukkah convergence and other ...

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 ...

Hanukkah is always observed on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. That Hebrew calendar is based ...

Discover the diverse New Year celebrations around the world, from the Chinese Spring Festival and Islamic Hijri New Year to ...

Shifts in the Hebrew calendar to ensure major holidays ... 3032 and again on December 19 that calendar year. Hanukkah falls on New Years Day another 5 times over the next century until 3183 ...

Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 or as late as Dec. 27, depending on the year, according to Reader's Digest. Hanukkah ...

The Hebrew calendar is different from the Gregorian ... also overlapping with the Gregorian calendar’s New Year. While it’s been almost 20 years since the two holidays were aligned in this ...

January 1 marks the first day of the year, making it New Year’s Day, many countries do not follow this and instead celebrate the day at different times of the year.

The Jewish calendar was established in the fourth ... latkes in cranberry sauce. One 10-year-old New Yorker invented a turkey-themed menorah called a "menurkey," which made headlines.