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 ...

While January 1 marks the start of the New Year in most parts of the world following the Gregorian calendar, many cultures ...

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 ...

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 ...

Because the holiday is based on the Hebrew calendar, it starts on a different day each year according to the Gregorian calendar. Ariel Ruden of Culver City was among the many residents in attendance ...

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

Foula in Shetland, Britain's remotest permanently inhabited island, marks Christmas and New Year according to an ancient ...