WEST LOS ANGELES -- "Tehrangeles" in West Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. This cultural ...

John Leguizamo recalls asking his daughter "what could I have done better?" as a dad during the movie that they filmed ...

And Hanukkah, with its rituals and creativity, is a peak opportunity to place Jewish pride in the foreground of Jewish education and enculturation.

Brooklynites will head to Grand Army Plaza to light the 32-foot-tall menorah every night of Hanukkah, as has been tradition for almost 40 years. The celebration is meant to “publicize the miracle of ...

Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after a small group called the Maccabees defeated the Greek Syrian army. During the battle, the Jews had only enough oil to ...

The first day of Hanukkah and Christmas have only coincided a handful of times since 1900, according to the Jewish Federations of North America. The holidays started on the same day in 1910, 1921 ...

Hanukkah is a season of light and miracles and is also a poignant reminder that the people of Israel are now more than 400 days into a battle for our very survival.

Hanukkah is based on the Hebrew calendar, which uses lunar and solar elements. Therefore, the date shifts each year. Hanukkah is celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar.

Hanukkah falling on Christmas — sometimes dubbed "Christmukkah" — occurs rarely. Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah have occurred simultaneously four times since 1900, according to Hebcal ...

Each year, Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar. The Hebrew calendar is lunar, as opposed to the Gregorian calendar that most of the world ...