The beginning of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas Day this year. The eight-day celebration begins on Dec. 25 and will ...

When does Hanukkah start? While Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25 every year, the date for Hanukkah changes. Here's why.

The menorah is the brainchild of Justin and Michelle Esgar, a New Jersey couple who have made a habit of throwing schticky ...

When it came time to swear in his new foreign minister, Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, turned to one of his favorite ...

In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, and Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi, attend a ...

Why? Unlike our secular calendar, which is based on the solar year of 365 1/4 days (plus a few odd minutes), the Hebrew ...

such as the Islamic or Hebrew calendars, months were reckoned with the new moon at the beginning. In Islamic calendars the month begins when the first, thin crescent moon, called a hillal ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise ...

JTA — For many Jews across the United States and the globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in ...