ḤAnukkah
ḤANUKKAH ("dedication") is the Jewish winter festival that falls on the twenty-fifth of the month of Kislev and lasts for eight days. It celebrates the victory of ...
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President Bush recognized Hanukkah on Monday by remembering the kidnapping and murder in 2002 of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at the hands of Islamic militants in Pakistan."His only cr...
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Israelis lit the first candle of Hanukkah on Tuesday evening to begin the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, one of the country's most popular holidays.Hanukkah, which features presents, jelly-fi...
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For some, it's a matter of pride. For others, it's about spreading the light of the season.Whatever the motivation, thousands of Jews around the world are taking part in menorah parades this Hanukk...
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A small plane crashed into the side of a synagogue Wednesday night, killing the pilot, witnesses said.About a dozen people were inside Congregation Children of Israel's Walton Way Temple cooking a ...
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1. Hanukkah version of "Hey Ya":Yes, the holiday season might be over, but with OutKast's immense single boasting a shelf life longer than SPAM, this Jewish parody of "Hey Ya" still brings the chuc...
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Finding it hard to remember the year that just passed? Let us aid your recall, in song:LARRY CRAIG'S TINKLE BELLS (to "Jingle Bells")Sitting on the throneIn a Minnesota looVery far from homeDon't h...
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Someone taped fake snow to the door of an Army Reserve office to create a winter scene. The Defense Intelligence Agency hung a 4-foot candy cane and the inspirational message, "Believe."For precise...
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Louis Esposito and his fellow electricians were taking down the mother of all Christmas trees _ or lighting one giant Hanukkah candle, depending on how they looked at it.At that moment, the best wa...
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