The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the Jewish population in the United States to be between 7.1 and 7.7 million.

At least 16 people died and dozens more were wounded in a shooting at Sydney's popular Bondi Beach on Dec. 14 that targeted Australia's Jewish community, police and officials said. In a news ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA – A familiar sight at public gatherings, especially Jewish ones — young men in Hasidic garb wrapping black leather tefillin straps around the arms of strangers — felt ...

Every December, "Happy Holidays" floods conversations and advertisements. It aims to be a neutral, inclusive greeting, but instead it dilutes cultural identity, erases meaningful distinctions and ...

Hanukkah, one of the most popular Jewish religious observances, is here. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as early as November because Jewish ...

HANUKKAH. An eight-day celebration marking the Jewish people’s rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed in 168 BC by the Syrians. Lighting the menorah or candles commemorates how ...

Jewish celebrities’ Hanukkah celebrations are shining bright this year. Alan Bersten, Emma Slater, Nev Schulman and more shared how they're spending the holiday, which began the evening of Dec. 14 and ...

Dozens gathered outside the Betsy Ross House in Old City for a prayer service and religious celebration on the first night of Hanukkah, hours after a mass shooting in Australia at a Jewish party. "At ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. The holiday's date varies on the Gregorian calendar but is always on the same date on the ...