This season’s children’s titles bring poetry, humor, Jewish wisdom — and even a kitten or two — to the holiday bookshelf. From Who-ville to Schmoozeville, and from island getaways to cozy homes, this ...

Friends and family will come together to celebrate, share gifts and eat traditional foods as the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins on Dec. 14, 2025. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication ...

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 ...

Starting tonight, Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, eight-branched candelabra, the menorah. Each evening the middle candle ...

Hanukkah has always been my favorite holiday. It arrives at the darkest time of year, yet it brings with it so much light. The entire Hebrew month of Kislev is renowned as a time of miracles, and ...

In 2025, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 14 and concludes at sundown on December 22. This eight-day festival starts on the Hebrew date of 25 Kislev and commemorates both a military victory and ...

From Who-ville to Schmoozeville, and from island getaways to cozy homes, this year’s crop of Hanukkah books for kids of all ages take families on journeys to imaginative settings, some familiar from ...