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 ...

Chanukah is often described as a festival of light, warmth, and resilience. That description is not wrong—but it is incomplete. And when Jews are targeted for celebrating openly, dangerously so. The ...

Because of the holiday's timing and the general desire by corporate America and elected officials to include Jewish Americans in annual Christmastime festivity, Chanukah is the most commercialized and ...

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.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the Jewish population in the United States to be between 7.1 and 7.7 million.

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 ...

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Tis the season, and by “the season,” I of course mean Hanukah, or Chanukah. And to celebrate, I figured I’d have some traditional brisket and potato latkes — which have about as much to do with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...