It is known that on Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabba, the heavens seal our judgment and decrees for the coming up year. And yet according to Kabbalah, the hidden secrets of the Holy Torah, it is written ...

The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized the Temple in his efforts to Hellenize Judea. Resisting ...

Thanksgiving is the great American holiday, a secular fete originally celebrating the crops we harvested, now celebrating not just the harvest, but also our freedom, our democracy and our way of life.

Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was younger and far less observant, I appreciated the holiday’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, the first day of Hanukkah is on Christmas this year, Dec. 25. It begins at sundown. Hanukkah ends at sundown on Jan. 2. Why ...

Along with candle-lighting, gift-giving and deep-fried foods, the festival of Chanukah has lately acquired a new ritual that seems rapidly to be gaining canonical status in American Judaism: a yearly ...

The festival marks the victory of the Maccabees over the forces of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his attempted forced Hellenization of the Jews of Judea. After a series of brutal ...

As Chanukah was approaching this year, I sat down with two Conservative rabbis — Adam Kligfeld and Ari Lucas of Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles — to discuss the challenges and complexities of one of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last ...