When is the last night of Hanukkah?: Dates to know for the Jewish holiday in 2024
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah -- the Festival of Lights -- is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025. On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one ...
Forget the lights, Hanukkah is a celebration of the Jewish state
Hanukkah, perhaps the only Jewish holiday that has been confirmed by the archaeological record, celebrates the singular, millennialong relationship between Jews and the land of Israel. It is the story of a civil and cultural struggle for sovereignty over its institutions. It is perhaps the most explicitly Zionist story in the Jewish tradition.
Hanukkah 2024: When is the first night and how is it celebrated?
When does Hanukkah start this year? And what's the correct way to light a menorah? Here are answers to some of the key questions people usually ask about Hanukkah.
Jewish holiday of Hanukkah shines as a symbol of 'light over darkness'
"Hanukkah represents the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and spirituality over materialism," Palm Beach Synagogue Rabbi Moshe Scheiner told the Daily News. "The lighting of the menorah symbolizes the light of our soul, the light of goodness and righteousness that always dispels the darkness around us."
The Jewish festival of lights, Hanukkah, celebrated in Europe in a rare coincidence with Christmas
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a delegation of rabbis in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to light the first candle of Hanukkah. On the eve of the Jewish celebration, Kyiv inaugurated the largest menorah in Europe to mark the festival of lights.
Folly Beach community to celebrate Hanukkah at Friday night event
A celebration scheduled for Friday night on Folly Beach will gather together people in a celebration of the Festival of Lights.
Hanukkah celebrations begin for Jewish community
Joint faith celebrations are taking place across Wales as the first day of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. Hanukkah - Chanukah in Hebrew - is celebrated for eight days in November or December every year,
Christmas lands on first night of Hanukkah
The start of the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah, falls on the same day as Christmas this year, and the occurrence is rare.
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins. Here’s the history
Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the ...
Festival of Lights begins Wednesday to celebrate Hanukkah
During Hanukkah, “each and every one of us has the opportunity, obligation, responsibility, to be that menorah, to be that ...
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Hanukkah, the 'Festival of Lights,' celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem
Each year, starting on the 25 th of the Jewish month of Kislev, Jews celebrate Hanukkah, often called the Festival of Lights.
KCMO city leaders celebrate 2nd night of Hanukkah with menorah lighting
On the second night of Hanukkah, city leaders in Kansas City met with members of the Jewish community to recognize and ...
Hanukkah and the miracle of freedom
Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, ...
'One light at a time': OKC Hanukkah festival to have music, food, giant menorah lighting
An Oklahoma City event celebrating Hanukkah often occurs at the beginning of the eight-day Jewish holiday, but this year's ...