The victory in war and the dedication of the altar are one and the same. And today we have been privileged to see both.

Hanukkah’s story hides a complex past involving power. For converts, the holiday forces questions about how Judaism receives ...

There has been darkness before. There will be darkness again. Do not turn on your neighbour, do not blame the innocent.

The oil lasting then isn’t a simple metaphor such as the Jewish people never gave out the entire time, or inspired poetic symbolism that the fire inside needed to keep fighting remained burning. Maybe ...

Scandar Copti's film uses non-professional actors and largely improvised dialogue to detail the lives of Arabs within Israel's militarized society.

The Hanukkah lights do not reject power. But they should remind us that power taken without authority will corrupt just as ...

There has been darkness before. There will be darkness again. Do not turn on your neighbour, do not blame the innocent.

I have a vivid memory of how one home in my middle-class suburban New Jersey hometown was decorated at this time of the year.

Tree of Life congregants will perform in Calvary's Christmas pageant, followed by a Festival of Lights celebration ...

Concerning the Christmas tree, Jeremiah 10 has precisely zero to do with it. That chapter predated Christ by around 600 years, and Christmas trees by farther than that. It is very clearly a ...

There’s nothing like a December kitchen filled with warm spices, melted chocolate, and trays of cookies ready for sharin ...

On Monday, Dec. 1, an estimated 700 people filled the sanctuary at Paradise Valley’s Temple Solel, with another 100 watching online, to hear a wide-ranging conversation between Rabbi Angela Warnick ...