WASHINGTON — The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the "Festival of Lights," begins this week. Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after a small group ...

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 ...

How is Hanukkah celebrated? Learn the history of the most common Hanukkah traditions that make up the Festival of Lights.

Candles on a large Hanukkah menorah shine in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in 2015. Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hanukkah is not the Jewish ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Fifty years ago, the first public menorah was lit at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as an effort to promote observance of the Jewish holiday. As it has for the past several years, the ...

Fifty years ago this month, a small group of Jews gathered in a historic part of Philadelphia at the Liberty Bell to light a menorah at the start of Hanukkah. It was the start of an annual tradition ...

The first night of Hanukkah was a joyous one in Brooklyn, as hundreds of people from all over the country gathered to light the borough’s largest menorah in Grand Army Plaza. It was a cold night, said ...

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 ...

LENOX — The second annual menorah lighting celebration marking the beginning of the eight-day Hanukkah holiday is set for sundown Wednesday in Lilac Park off Main Street. The Chabad of the Berkshires ...