What's Chanukah, you ask? Spin yourself back in time to learn the story, and why we celebrate miracles in the darkest and coldest part of the year.

Exam time.

How she waited and prayed patiently for a child and was rewarded.

Balancing between the importance of Jewish behavior and the meaning that Jews find in those behaviors creates a productive tension that defines Jewish life.

Some Jewish thinkers condone homosexuality, despite the condemnation of homosexual sex in Jewish law.

Traditional Judaism can--and should--embrace feminism to allow for greater equality in Jewish religious life.

Latkes for breakfast!

It was actually a Sukkot celebration.

The case for reviving a tradition of reading the Scroll of Antiochus.

From sufganiyot to the hannukiah, here are the major symbols of the holiday.