Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. While not as overtly holy a Jewish holiday as Passover or Yom Kippur, Hanukkah has been embraced by the Western world as an often blue-and-white answer to ...

This week is Holiday Week here at WMNF Song of the Day! Today marks the first full day of Hanukkah. There will be music dedicated to the Festival of Lights all throughout the week on WMNF and special ...

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The festival of lights is upon us and that means it's time to brush up on what to say as we light our menorahs, some songs to play for our socially-limited gatherings and quotes to post on Instagram.

Chanukah is an all-purpose holiday. There is a Chanukah to fit every form, expression, type, and flavor of Jew. For the religious, who are ever grounded in God, Chanukah comes with the miracle of oil ...

I want to talk to you a little bit about the spiritual meaning of Chanukah. Many people have gotten mixed up and make false assumptions about Chanukah, believing it is just a Jewish Xmas. That’s a ...

Cantor Ashkenazy (left) and Rabbi Shalhevet led children and adults in traditional prayers and songs. (Photo courtesy of North Shore Synagogue) On Sunday, Dec. 15, North Shore Synagogue held its ...

A 20-minute Chanukah prayer service was held last night on the edge of the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem by seven members of the “Ariel” group which has rejected a Chief Rabbinate ruling that all of ...