Whereas Christmas marks the birth of Jesus, Hanukkah, which was celebrated for centuries before Jesus was born, commemorates ...

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is the Jewish festival of lights ... they would hide the Torah and bring out the dreidel to play. Hanukkah gelt means ‘Hanukkah money’ in Yiddish.

Hanukah, Hanukkah, or even Chanukah — no matter how you spell ... The most traditional gift is gelt (Yiddish for money), often given as chocolate coins. However, handing out actual money can ...

For Luka, the creation of the £7 Gelt Soap isn’t just a product launch – it’s a chance to share his culture with the world.

"Just as with Christmas, Hanukkah usually takes place on the longest nights of the year. It's a time of year when we need more light than ever. Little did the ancient Jews know, their descendants ...

We’ve picked out these gifts with that in mind. And many of them—delicious chocolate gelt, a bagel candle, smoked salmon, and a Jewish cookbook—are the kinds of things you can stock up on if ...

WASHNGTON − An orthodox Jewish synagogue in Florida was told it couldn’t advertise its 2020 “Chanukah on Ice” event to bus riders unless it removed references to the menorah. A federal ...

Jessica Gelt is an arts and culture writer for the Los Angeles Times. She also co-writes the paper’s twice-weekly Essential Arts newsletter. In her career at the paper she has served as ...