These recipes are so delicious, they may make you wonder why Hanukkah, Christmas and Chinese ... a bite before your guests arrive. This is a Jewish twist on a decidedly unkosher classic ...

This story has been updated to include additional context around the history of Hanukkah and the food eaten during Jewish holidays. Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah, is a Jewish holiday that ...

There's nothing like a story from biblical times to give us permission to eat fried food. Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 165 B.C. of the rebellious Jewish Maccabees over the Syrian Greeks.

and cultural Jews - like those in my own family - who connect to our Jewishness more through festivities (and food!) than prayer. Like many Jewish holidays, Hanukkah is defined by its iconic snacks.

Read on for our top Hanukkah food hacks — they’re kind of like ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting ...

The eight-day Jewish “festival of lights ... dinners and Black Friday shopping. Hanukkah is commonly celebrated with gift exchanges, traditional foods such as latkes and nightly lightings ...

A Brandeis University Press cookbook offers recipes for potato pancakes (reibekuchen ... wrote her master's thesis on the impact 'The Rugrats' had on Jewish children. Unsurprisingly, the ...

Fried foods are eaten in honour of the miracle of oil – and even if you don’t celebrate Hanukkah, these traditional Jewish recipes are worth knowing about. From latkes to sufganiyot ...

Celebrating a miracle and the ability to practice your religion, eating fried foods and winning chocolate, giving and receiving gifts: Hanukkah is a happy holiday however you spell it.

"As a tradition you're meant to eat oily foods to remember the ... Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah The Hanukiah symbolises how God looked after the Jewish people during a difficult ...

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...