Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with candle lighting, special prayers and fried food. Here's what to know ...

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. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication ...

From the Recipe Creator: Sufganiyot are believed to have first come from Spain, adapted from a similar treat, the sopaipilla. Others say the sopaipilla was borrowed from the Jews. Either way, as a ...

What’s the story behind the Hanukkah palette? The history of Hanukkah goes back more than 2,000 years. The Maccabees won back the Second Temple and lit a menorah with just one day’s worth of oil, but ...

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 ...

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an imitation of the ...

With Hanukkah already upon us and Christmas right around the corner, the time for tempting and tasty treats is here! For many, the holiday season wouldn’t be the same without some old school favorites ...