For both Jews and Christians, this season of Hanukkah and Christmas is a time to celebrate and marvel at miracles. And though Hanukkah and Christmas are very different holidays, it is also a time for ...

Were it not for its proximity to Christmas, Hanukkah would be unknown to most non-Jews and it would not be celebrated by most non-religious Jews. The proof is that the other post-Hebrew Bible holiday, ...

Christmas and Hanukkah share a holiday season, but outside of a shared calendar, extreme commercialization and gift giving, there is almost nothing else these two holidays share. And yet, Jews in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Jen Cohen Wallace has a Hanukkiah (a menorah with two extra candles) in the shape of a Stegosaurus. He’s a little guy, with nine small candles running down the curve of his scaly back. Every December, ...

The author of a new prayer book for non-theistic Jews imagines a holiday that doesn’t celebrate military might or the supernatural. We may not yet realize it, but we need a new story of Hanukkah, lest ...

Each year, when Hanukkah rolls around, I feel a certain sense of unease. Hmmm. A battle between Jewish zealots and Jews who wanted to partake of the richness of the Greek world around them. I have a ...

When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there are traditional Hebrew blessings that accompany the kindling of the Hanukkah ...