This year is special because the holidays align. Both the Christian holiday of Christmas and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begin on the same day, with the first day of Hanukkah coinciding with ...
Hanukkah, which commemorates a Jewish military victory in Jerusalem some 2,200 years ago, usually falls in December, and given Christmas’ claim on the 25th, the two can occur within weeks or ...
When Sarah Levitin first visited her now-husband’s Catholic family for Christmas, she was not expecting to see a menorah in their home. It was 2016, and the first night of Hanukkah fell on ...
Happy Sunday and to those celebrating this week: Merry Christmas! Or, Happy Hanukkah! This year is unusual in that for only the fifth time in the last 100-plus years, the first night of Hanukkah ...
Christmas! Hanukkah! The battle rages on! OK, fine, it’s not really a “battle,” but it is kind of fun as today is both Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah. Translation: Jewish kids ...
Dec. 25 marks the start of both Christmas and Hanukkah in 2024. See which celebrity families will be celebrating both holidays this year.
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...
Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.
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