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Hanukkah, the Jewish “festival of lights,” commemorates a story of a miracle, when oil meant to last for one day lasted for eight. Today, Jews light the menorah, a candelabra with eight candles – and one “helper” candle, called a shamas – to remember the Hanukkah oil, which kept the…

In Israel, jelly doughnuts for Hanukkah are especially popular, and are sometimes filled with chocolate or halvah, too.

Menorah lighting, car parades and drone shows are planned

Jelly doughnuts are a common treat during Hanukkah

Candy canes are fun. Gift cards are useful. But nothing festively stuffs a stocking — or brightens a Hanukkah or Kwanzaa for that matter — quite like a beer tasting of the season.

Festivities could be dampened somewhat this year by the cost of living crisis.

Daddy Yankee’s farewell tour, the Music Box Theatre’s holiday double feature and several stagings of ‘The Nutcracker’ are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Various white Houses have celebrated Hanukkah in the past but this is the first time a menorah is an official decoration

Numbers might be falling but Wales' welcoming and enduring Jewish history is far from over