Interestingly, we learned from the Filipinos at the Shabbat table that about 90% of Filipino men are circumcised by a mohel, ...

Life in Israel often mirrors the emotional ebbs and flows of rabbinic work—you can go from an emotional high to the lowest of lows in mere moments—and the war has only exacerbated this reality.

Some religious congregations across the U.S. held holiday events designed to be accommodating to and inclusive of people with ...

Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

By Riley Fontana Hometown Weekly Reporter Needham embraces and celebrates all religions and traditions within its community.

Members of the Westfield community joined together on Sunday, Dec. 29 for the Community Menorah Lighting at the Elm Street Plaza on the fifth night of Hanukkah.

FLORHAM PARK - Residents honored the sixth night of Hanukkah with the lighting of a menorah in front of the Florham Park ...

The city of Ypsilanti had its first ever public menorah lighting to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

On January 2, the last day of Hanukkah, the eighth candle is lit at their Kovai home and the family recites prayers and sings songs "expressing gratitude to the almighty". Anne is one of the very ...

From Dec. 25 to Jan. 1, the residents of Cedarhurst gather at the largest menorah in the Five Towns to commemorate the holiday of Hanukkah and say the blessings as the menorah is lit. Each night, ...

Wagner told the courtroom that two or three weeks after the murders, he prayed the most sincere prayer of his life. “I asked God, I said, ‘Put me and my family back on the straight and narrow path, by ...

“As the sun set upon Syosset, it offered all of us a beautiful opportunity to rejoice in the miracles of Hanukkah and the holiday season, reflect upon the many blessings in our lives, and renew ...