Hanukkah came a bit late this season, beginning at nightfall on December 25, 2024 and concluded on the evening of January 2, 2025. It started on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev. The eight-day ...

Connecticut school districts individually decide whether to stay open for most holidays, even state and federal ones.

Late last month, a leader in New Hampshire’s Jewish community reached out to Concord staff to express concern about a ...

For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...

Here is some background information about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. In 2025, Hanukkah will start on December 14 at sunset and will end December 22, at sunset. In 2024, Hanukkah will start on ...

As 2025 kicks off, calendars are already filling up with holiday observances. In addition to the official holidays recognized by the Office of Personnel Management, President Joe Biden has ...

Hanukkah is a time for the Jewish community to celebrate their heritage. And Wednesday, Jewish families celebrated the final ...

See Holiday Policy for eligibility details. Supervisors are encouraged to allow staff to use vacation time to observe religious high holidays of their religious tradition that are not part of the ...

The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish freedom fighters, over the Syrian-Greek occupiers of Judea in the second century before the common era. The Maccabees ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...

My parents threw at least one mega-Hanukkah party each year, a festive event featuring brisket (Jewish-style, with gravy, not ...