Regardless if you're celebrating Hanukkah or not, it's always fun to partake in a game of dreidel. Here's what you need to know about playing this festive Hanukkah activity. A dreidel is a ...

Tradition links the dreidel back to the time of the persecution of the Jews by the Seleucid Greeks, the villains of the Hanukkah story. Rabbi Gamliel Rabinowitz spins a Dreidel on the third night ...

During the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, an eight-day celebration of light that takes place every winter, you’ll probably spot people sending a small item twirling atop a table. It’s a dreidel ...

With Hanukkah approaching and the pandemic still making gatherings unsafe, Golkow and Zauzmer turned their attention to one centerpiece of holiday celebrations: competitive games of dreidel.

If they feared they were about to be discovered, they would hide the Torah and bring out the dreidel to play. Hanukkah gelt means ‘Hanukkah money’ in Yiddish. Families often give children ...