IT’S TIME TO celebrate the holidays again, and I’m in a panic. While the majority of Bay Area residents don’t have to worry about gift-shopping for roughly three weeks, all of my shopping needs to be ...

Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights, is upon us. The Jewish holiday celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The lighting of the menorah is perhaps the most well-known ...

MANCHESTER — Get ready to light the menurkey. For the first time since 1888 — and the last time until the year 79,811 according to the Jewish website www.chabad.org — the first day of the Jewish ...

Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday known also as the Festival of Lights, started at sundown today and continues for eight days. In downtown Syracuse, Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport lit a large menorah in Hanover ...

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Ahh, Hannukkah. The Festival of Lights. Like every Jewish holiday, is ostensibly boils down to “They tried to kill us, we lived, let’s eat!” Which, when you think about it, really is as good a reason ...

Hannukkah is celebrated around the world by millions of Jewish people who are about to mark the eight-day festival by lighting the Menorah, holding feasts, taking part in prayers and playing with ...

Essie Sassoon's joy knew no bounds as she recited her prayers in Hebrew and lighted the Hannukiah lamp on the eight day of Hannukkah festival. Interestingly, a Jewish historic exhibition, curated by ...