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3rd Hour of TODAY co-host Sheinelle is giving her 94-year-old grandmother, Josephine "Jo" Brown her flowers this Women's History Month. "I call her grandmama," Sheinelle said."She was born in 1929 ...
Hanukkah last fell on the same day as Christmas in 2005 and has only happened four times in the past century. For 11-year old Beti, from Cardiff, this is the first time she will celebrate Hanukkah ...
Although Hanukkah is considered a minor Jewish holiday, Its proximity to Christmas gives it weight. The “Festival of Lights” helped link American Jews to their Christian neighbors while still ...
Until the 1920s, sufganiyot and latkes were of comparable popularity among Jews in Mandatory Palestine during the Hanukkah holiday. The Histadrut , Israel's national labor union formed in 1920, pushed to replace the homemade latke with the sufganiyah as Israel's quintessential Hanukkah food in order to provide more work for its members.
A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited.
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is joyfully celebrated by Jewish people around the world. Corresponding with the lunisolar calendar, the holiday dates change each year (typically ...
What is Hanukkah? According to chabad.org , Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration for those who celebrate in the Jewish community. It's commonly referred to as the "festival of lights."
Sheinelle Marie Jones (born April 19, 1978) is an American journalist and a news anchor and correspondent for NBC News. She was one of the hosts of the third hour of Today on weekdays. She is also the host of the educational nature program Wild Child broadcast on The More You Know block on NBC.