Purim is considered one of the most fun, happy and joyous holidays on the Jewish calendar. It is a festival that commemorates the saving of Jewish people living in ancient Persia. “In one word, I ...

The Breslov Hasidic community is mourning the death of Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Knepflmacher, one of the movement's influential ...

Tree of Life congregants will perform in Calvary's Christmas pageant, followed by a Festival of Lights celebration ...

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster considers what commitment means in Judaism.

"Die Hard" is set during this festive time, but does that make it a Christmas movie? Welcome to the party, pal, as we go over what the cast and crew think.

When she walked up to the Kennedy Center on the first day of her internship in 2013, she was Jane Rabinovitz, a recent grad ...

After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand ...

The Feast of the Seven Fishes, “Seven Fishes” or just “Fishes” for short, is a traditional Italian-American Christmas Eve ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day festival marking the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here's what to know about the ...

In our part of the world, the week of Hanukkah is the darkest week of the entire year. The days are shortest, the nights ...

Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight-day Jewish festival commemorating the victory of the Maccabees, a ...

Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah ...