As most of you can see, it snowed last weekend. While those of you who are freshmen are running to the BU Beach and frolicking in the snowflakes, I’m here with snowshoes and a pickaxe trying to forge ...

It is not a coincidence that Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which Jews around the world are celebrating this week, occurs during the darkest time of the year. It is only against the darkness that ...

PITTSBURGH — The community came together on the first night of Hanukkah for a special ceremony in Squirrel Hill on Wednesday. The candle lighting of the larger-than-life menorah in front of the Tree ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive ...

Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year. In 2013, the first day of Hanukkah occurred on ...

This Wednesday we light the first candle on the Hanukkah menorah, for it's the first night of this minor eight-day Jewish holiday that's become a major one over the years. There are blessings to be ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Thursday marks the first day and second night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Levi Harlig from Chabad of Southern Nevada explained the meaning behind the "Festival of Lights." "The story takes ...

Soon, millions of Jews worldwide will light menorah candles to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah, which is also commonly spelled Chanukah. Rabbi Ben Romer, spiritual leader of Congregation Or Ami on ...

Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you are conversing with yourself. You realize Hanukkah is coming, you don’t sufficiently understand the story and you can’t identify appropriate gifts for family ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Light and Love was the theme of a Hanukkah celebration in Santa Barbara on Saturday night. Hosts Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey helped light the Menorah. Instead of making a ...