Jewish kids know all about Christmas. They can’t help it. It’s everywhere this time of year. But Christian kids might be curious about Hanukkah or ask about menorahs or dreidels they see in the store.

The festival of lights is upon us and that means it's time to brush up on what to say as we light our menorahs, some songs to play for our socially-limited gatherings and quotes to post on Instagram.

ROGERSVILLE — The smell of latkes wafted through the synagogue Sunday morning as the children of Temple Israel sang and recited Bible verses in Hebrew. “Baruch Atah Adonai,” toddlers, kids and teens ...

Praying — this is what we do — because we are human. I don’t mean the blessing over the wine Jews say before a Friday evening Shabbat meal —“Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech Ha-olam, borei p’ri ha ...

The melody was exactly the same. And the scene couldn’t have been much more familiar: Families sat at tables set with napkins, cups and menorahs. Some adults fiddled with matches as the rest of those ...

When Annapolis resident Alan Switzman was young and single, he never imagined himself carrying on Jewish traditions with his own wife and two kids. But perspectives change, Switzman said last Friday ...