Chanukah

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that takes place usually in November or December and lasts for eight nights. But many people might not know the rich history and traditions that go along with the annual observance known as the “Festival of Lights.”

The Jewish holiday lasts for eight nights, usually falling in December.

They brew beer, make musical instruments, publish children’s books and design headphones. Their industries are diverse, but they all have something in common: They represent American small and medium-sized businesses that rely on China either for production or essential equipment. And they are dreading President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs in a trade war that reached new intensity on...

“The Situation” and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. It’s not reality TV. It’s a federal prison 70 miles (113 kilometers) from New York City where white-collar and D-list scoundrels can do time while playing bocce ball and noshing on rugelach. Cohen, 53, is due to report...

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes including violating campaign finance laws and lying to congress.

The national menorah was illuminated Sunday evening, the first night of Hanukkah, during a ceremony near the White House.

Eleven police officers who responded to the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh will light a menorah on Long Island Sunday evening in memory of the victims.

Gov. Charlie Baker and other top state politicians are planning to join representatives of Massachusetts’ Jewish community to light an 18-foot (5.5-meter) menorah in the Statehouse to mark the beginning of Hanukkah.

Manischewitz really wants Adam Sandler to write a Passover song, and the Jewish food giant says it’s prepared a “suite” offer to get him inspired — a hotel room in New Jersey stacked with gefilte fish, matzo and other unleavened things to nosh. Not only that. The company offered to give Sandler its product free for life if he would...

Vice President Mike Pence placed his hand on the hallowed Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday as he wrapped up a four-day trip to the Mideast that ended with Palestinians still fuming over the Trump administration’s decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. On a solemn visit to the holiest site where Jews can pray, Pence tucked...

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Hundreds of Holocaust survivors participated in the third candle lighting of Hanukkah in Berlin, Jerusalem and New York on Thursday — part of a tribute to survivors worldwide that was organized by the Jewish Claims Conference. In Berlin, three survivors lit candles after sundown at the city’s Jewish community center, while in Israel some 300 Holocaust survivors attended the candle-lighting...

Swastikas were found at Andover High School, prompting a hate crime investigation.

Police in Massachusetts are investigating and community leaders are reacting after three swastikas were found drawn on a desk in the classroom of a Jewish teacher.

It’s the thought that counts. But sometimes, the gift just doesn’t cut it. So when looking through your Christmas and Hanukkah haul, you just may decide there are some gifts that you’ll treasure, but a few that you wish you can give back.

The United States has given its biggest rebuke in recent history to longstanding ally Israel, allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn its settlements and continuing construction in Palestinian territory as a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law. Instead of casting a veto to support Israel, as it almost always does on council resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.S....

President-elect Donald Trump took an unprecedented step of commenting on foreign policy relations after he tweeted to veto a vote on a United Nations resolution declaring Israel’s settlements in Palestinian areas a violation of international law on Dec. 22, 2016.

About 30 babies being treated in a Kansas neonatal intensive care unit couldn’t go to the mall for a photo with Santa last week, so hospital staff members and volunteers brought the holiday cheer inside, the “Today” show reported. The little bundles of joy were dressed up as colorful presents for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, thanks to hand-sewn costumes made...

President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a reminder that of all the blessings enjoyed in the U.S., the most meaningful is freedom. Obama and the first lady hosted a pair of Hanukkah receptions, his final as president, with Jewish leaders and rabbis at the White House. The president noted the story of Hanukkah shows that the story of the Jewish...

With Hanukkah several weeks away, Target is reminding customers it has recalled thousands of menorahs because they post a fire hazard.