Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday known as the "festival of lights" that commemorates the Maccabees' victory in 165 BCE. In 2025, Hanukkah begins this weekend is celebrated for 8 days. The ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

Hanukkah 2025 begins this weekend and lasts for eight days leading into the winter solstice and nearing the Christmas holiday. Here's when and what to know about the first night of the Jewish holiday.

Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday whose dates change annually because it follows the Hebrew lunar calendar. The holiday commemorates the miraculous victory of the Maccabees and a single day's ...

Jewish communities in California and across the world will soon celebrate Hanukkah, the “festival of lights” commemorating an important victory for Judaism, with latkes, lighting menorahs and more.

Hanukkah, one of the most popular Jewish religious observances, is here. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as early as November because Jewish ...

As the calendar turns December, Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is upon us. The Maccabees had just fended off the Syrian Greeks. The temple in Jerusalem had been turned into a pagan temple by the ...