[Dallas/Fort Worth, TX / NBCDFW.com] Hanukkah Festivities Begin With Lighting

Hanukkah Festivities Begin With Lighting

... Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights, commemorates the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to impose its culture on Jews and adorn the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem with statues of Greek gods. ...