In a tumultuous year, JTA essayists struggled with the trauma of the Israel-Hamas war and the impact of a polarizing election ...

Chabad of the West Side hosted a Chanukah celebration and giant menorah lighting on Dec. 29 at the Lakewood Cove Community ...

Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...

Families in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood recently gathered at a local food pantry to receive essential food items ...

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting ...

It’s a busy holiday season this week, with Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all taking place within days of each other.

I am Jewish and have preferred being wished “Happy holidays” for decades, long before the term “politically correct” came ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives.

This article discusses the final category: federal holidays that are religious in origin but are now seemingly celebrated secularly, with New Year’s Day as an excellent example of that.

During the 39th Grand Hanukkah Celebration, Flint’s Jewish community and supporters gathered at Shea Automotive to celebrate ...

Hanukkah is not a holiday to sit all day in synagogue and pray. It’s more of a holiday to eat potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, listen to comedian Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song, light candles each ...

While Jan. 2 is the final day of the Jewish holiday, the eighth and final night of Hanukkah is Jan. 1.