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Hanukkah 2023: How Latinos Celebrate in the U.S. and Latin America

Hanukkah 2023: the 'festival of lights' started in the U.S. (Credit: Gary Sankary/Photo by Unsplash)

Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or Januca, in Spanish, is the season of the year when Jewish communities celebrate the miracle of finding the light among darkness, a metaphor of hope in somber times

Judaism's "festival of light" is observed every year starting on the 25th of Kislev, the third month of the (lunar) Hebrew calendar, corresponding to late November or early December in the Gregorian calendar. In 2019, it coincided with Christmas, and in 2023, it aligned with December 7th.

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