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We asked a rabbi to explain what Hanukkah colors are and how they became part of the modern holiday tradition The tradition ...
As we move this week from Remembrance Day – when we risk drowning in sorrow – to Independence Day – when we soar in ...
Dear Heloise: I thought of a fun way to get kids to eat more veggies in salads and maybe as a side dish with dinner. I thought this up years ago, and the kids loved it and helped put it together. If ...
Because Hanukkah and Christmas fall around the same time of year, people often wonder if Hanukkah is a Jewish version of Christmas. At least religiously speaking, it is not. So what is Hanukkah?
It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...
In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an ...
In this episode Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi consider how Hanukkah’s classical Zionist narrative of power and sovereignty was challenged by October 7th, and how the Festival of Lights ...
Plans are underway for the region’s Hanukkah events at the end of December. There are at least three big events Dec. 29. The Jewish Discovery Center has a new event: the Northeastern ...
The wait is over: this modern New York-style deli is back in Phoenix. Here's an exclusive first look at the brick-and-mortar Little Pickle restaurant.
Who guarantees our safety, security, freedom and continued independence today? None other than this generation’s Maccabees, ...
Hanukkah starts December 8, and local restaurants are gearing up with special holiday treats for the eight-day Festival of Lights. Hanukkah starts December 8, and restaurants are gearing up with ...