Every December, in greetings, commercials and ordinary conversations across the United States, Hanukkah and Christmas get blended together as “the holidays.” It’s a well-meaning attempt to be ...

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The Rogers household in Scottsdale will be doubly festive on Dec. 25. Early on in their 15-year marriage, Chris Rogers, who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Jen, decided ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One holiday is ending, and another is beginning. Amid the glow of Christmas lights everywhere, are the Jewish people lighting their Menorahs. This is only the fourth time since ...

Two decades ago, when it became clear that a relationship between Melissa Lattin and Eric West was becoming serious, the 20-something pair realized they had something important to talk about. Lattin ...

Rabbi Akiva Hall lights the menorah during Congregation Beth Israel of Gulfport's ceremony on the seventh night of Hanukkah at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Dec. 13, ...

Christmas! Hanukkah! The battle rages on! OK, fine, it’s not really a “battle,” but it is kind of fun as today is both Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah. Translation: Jewish kids will have ...

NEW YORK -- Christmas has Elf on the Shelf. Now Hanukkah has Mensch on a Bench -- not to mention Maccabee on the Mantel. Christmas has gingerbread houses; Manischewitz sells Chanukah House kits, using ...

Every winter, we hear about a “December dilemma” because of Hanukkah and Christmas occurring in the same month. This year, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day! Since 1900, this has happened only four ...

And while a tradition of giving children money - "gelt," in Yiddish - has been a part of Hanukkah for a few centuries, the present-buying mania, to say nothing of the spending on decorations and other ...

Some will light a menorah alongside the Christmas tree this year. Many multifaith families across Northeast Pennsylvania celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas, but this year, the two holidays converge ...

Candles on a large Hanukkah menorah shine in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in 2015. Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hanukkah is not the Jewish ...