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

Another difference is that on the Jewish calendar, holidays begin at sundown and continue through the next day, so Hanukkah, ...

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

In today’s religious culture, Brebeuf could be seen as a model for other Catholic institutions for evangelization and ...

a website that tracks Jewish holidays and the Hebrew calendar. Here's what you need to know about Christmukkah and this year's rare calendar quirk. Christmukkah – sometimes spelled Chrismukkah ...

a popular Jewish holiday is set to also begin that evening. Hanukkah, which follows the Jewish calendar, always begins on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles ... But the term "Chrismukkah" - signifying the overlap of the two holidays - had become a popular term before then.

Another difference is that on the Jewish calendar, holidays begin at sundown and continue through the next day, so Hanukkah, which lasts eight days, will get its start this year hours after the ...

Holiday lights may have religious roots, but today they also bring joy to people of all backgrounds, author Eli Federman ...

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

one of the two most important holidays on the calendar, along with Easter. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, said Hanukkah began ...