With the Hanukah miracle revolving around oil, it is customary to celebrate the holiday by eating foods fried in oil.

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.

As any Jewish parent in America understands — or any Jewish adult who has ever been a kid in America, for that matter — "holiday season" can be a fraught time, filled with Christmas tree and Santa ...

Hanukkah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime festival. The focus of the holiday is the nightly lighting of the menorah, special prayers, small gifts and fried foods. Known as Chanukah in Hebrew, ...

Vincent is Associate Professor in the History of Religion at Umeå University. She researches and writes about modern Judaism, religious change, and popular culture “Ours is the dark house with no ...

Despite what some holiday movies will have you believe, Hanukkah is not the Jewish equivalent of Christmas, nor is it an insurmountably difficult holiday to learn about. If you’re curious, here are a ...

Each year, Hanukkah is celebrated in late November or early December. The exact date the celebration begins and ends changes year by year, as it is determined by the 25th day of Kislev, according to ...

The menorah, a symbol of hope, resilience, and faith, holds a prominent place in Jewish tradition. Its flickering flames during Hanukkah represent the miracle of light that lasted eight days, ...

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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact ...

Note: Hanukkah, the eight-day Festival of Lights, begins at sundown Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. This was originally published in 2015 and updated. Ever wonder why Hanukkah sometimes falls in November or ...