The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.

Anti-Israel demonstrators disrupted a Hanukkah candle lighting event in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday night. The event, ...

Before lighting the menorah, Rector expressed hope for the release of 100 Jewish hostages held in Gaza for nearly 450 days.

With Hanukkah this year coming at the same time as Christmas, it is a wonderful reminder for us all—Christians and Jews— that ...

The Temple B’nai Israel of Spartanburg celebrated the third day of Hanukkah on Friday. “It’s a commemoration of a military ...

In #BringOnTheLight, the actress and activist will light Hanukkah candles with celebrity guests. So far, she’s been joined by ...

Jewish celebrities who find solace in the New Testament ignite Jewish fears about assimilation and antisemitism.

THE HOLIDAY SEASON STILL IN FULL SWING WITH THE SECOND NIGHT OF HANUKKAH, THE FIRST NIGHT OF KWANZAA KICKING OFF TONIGHT. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN IS LIVE AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE A ...

Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...

An 83-year-old woman died from wounds sustained after being stabbed by a Palestinian man in the city of Herzliya in central ...

For me, as an Iranian Christian coming from an Islamic background, Christmas and also Hanukkah have special and deep meanings ...

Protesters gathered in Israel's southern city of Sderot on Thursday, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, to voice their support for Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip.