“When we light the Hanukkah lights, we are bringing light into the world,” Jacobs shares. “It is a reminder that even during the darkest times, we have the power to bring light and change ...

In the days following the winter solstice, we sure are ready for some light. For 35 years now, we've been celebrating Hanukkah with stories about family, friendships, menorahs, latkes, faith and ...

Hanukkah Lights 2023 Hear some of our favorite stories about the festival of lights, plus a special Tiny Desk performance by The LeeVees. Special Series NPR's Holiday Favorites.

Hanukkah – the Jewish festival of lights – arrives late each year, marking a time for both celebration and reflection. Rich with history and laced with just a bit of latke grease, ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the miracle of the lamp oil lasting eight days when the Maccabees defeated the Seleucids and rededicated the Second Temple in the second century B.C.E. … ...

Looking for the best Hanukkah songs? You're in the right place. If you grew up celebrating the festival of lights, you may have "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" burned into your brain. But these days ...

Hanukkah is a season of light and miracles and is also a poignant reminder that the people of Israel are now more than 400 days into a battle for our very survival. Skip to content.

Yet Weg believes celebrating Hanukkah — an eight-day festival of lights that began at sundown Thursday and ends Dec. 15 — is particularly paramount this year in the face of recent antisemitic ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

Keep the light alive. Hanukkah teaches a lesson of hope and resilience – of the need, indeed, of the responsibility, to fight for the human freedoms that are all people’s right.

For Hanukkah in 2023, there are cold towns in Canada and wet boroughs in London that are removing menorahs from their city hall greens. Which means that, for Jews, this holiday is an important ...