LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C.

Dec. 25 is extra special this year: It's the date Christmas is always celebrated and, in 2024, marks the day Hanukkah begins. The eight-day "festival of lights" is observed by Jews around the world ...

The $14.5 million overhaul is the museum’s most ambitious in three decades The Jewish Museum is about to flip the switch on a $14.5-million transformation—and fittingly, it’s all about light. On ...

(AP) — 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 ...

As Hanukkah festivities spark up around the world, the families of hostages captured by Hamas during its 2023 attack on Israel say there’s little to celebrate as the second holiday season without ...

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) -At Bethlehem Chabad’s menorah lighting, dozens gathered at Delmar’s Four Corners, celebrating Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. The annual event was overshadowed ...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco celebrated the first night of Hanukkah, which happened to fall on Christmas Day this year, at a star-studded Festival of Lights party in New York City on Wednesday. The ...

Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago. As the island's Jewish residents ...

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump both issued statements commemorating the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, with the Republican focusing his message around the ongoing conflict between Israel and ...

Advent calendars make it even more fun to savor the anticipation of the holiday season, with anywhere from 12 to 25 daily ...

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 ...