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Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, Begins Today

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
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The Festival of Lights, otherwise known as Hanukkah, is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev. This may be in December, late November, or, early January, though that is only a rare occurrence. This year the holiday commenced at sundown on December 4. The festival is observed in Jewish [...]

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa Share the Season, But Are Unrelated to Christmas

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
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Kwanzaa and Hanukkah, celebrated by African-Americans and Jewish people respectively, are observed during the Christmas season. But while there may be a tendency on the part of the uninformed to think of these as “versions” of Christmas, in fact these celebrations are entirely separate from activities related to Christmas. The observances of Kwanzaa and Hanukkah [...]

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