Hanukkah—also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew—is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

Various cultures around the world celebrate the New Year on different dates according to their unique calendars and ...

Over thousands of years, various cultures have developed calendars based on astronomical observations, leading to diverse ...

A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.” – from Stufen, by Hermann Hesse, 1877–1962 Time is ...

Chabad of Culver City hosted its seventh annual Hanukkah event on The Culver Steps in the center of town, with some 200 people taking part.

That doesn’t sound like much, but those minutes add up to days over time. Pope Gregory XIII solved this problem in 1582 when he came up with the Gregorian calendar we use today, the most widely used ...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said, "Why would Joe Biden schedule Hanukkah on the same day as Christmas? I'll tell ...

We take a moment to wish a Happy Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — to members of the Jewish community in the area. Hanukkah ...

The year will end with a somewhat rare black moon having in the night sky over Wyoming. While that may sound like an ominous ...

The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Buczak, Christ the Saviour Cathedral pastor, holds an Icon containing a relic of St.

Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you ...

In Ethiopia, time truly feels like it stands still in a fascinating way. This beautiful East African country follows its own ...