What is the term for the Jewish Christmas?

Answer 1

There is no "Jewish Christmas". As Christmas is a celebration of Jesus and Jesus plays no role in Judaism at all, there is no Jewish celebration for him.

There are many people who mistakenly believe that Chanukah is the "Jewish Christmas", however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Chanukah, which celebrates the successful rejection of forced assimilation, is the antithesis of Christmas.

Answer 2

Hanukkah may be as early as November and as late as New Years Eve.

Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. Here, for example, are the coinciding secular dates for several years:

2011: December 20-28

2012: December 8-16

2013: November 27-December 5

2014: December 16-24

2015: December 6-14

Answer 3

The Jews do not celebrate Christmas.

The term for the Jewish holiday that usually falls nearest to Christmas is called Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights and lasts a total of 8 days and nights, and has nothing to do with Christmas. It commemorates Jewish victory in a war against the Assyrian Greeks.

Answer 4

Here are some Jewish celebrations: http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-holidays/the-jewish-holidays

http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-philosophy/jewish-life-cycle-brit-bar-mitzvah-wedding-death-and-mourning

Answer 5

There is no such thing as Jewish Christmas.

The holiday of Christmas is a Christian holiday, celebrated by both religious Christians and secular Christians, including atheists and agnostics from a Christian background.

There are some Jews who celebrate the secular parts of Christmas, but the majority of Jews do not.

Answer 6

The phrase has no meaning. There is no such thing as a Jewish Christmas, just as there is no such thing as a Christian Ramadan, or Hindu Easter.Christmas is in fact a Christian religious occasion, despite its having been commercialized, and it cannot be a part of Judaism.

Answer 7

We call it christmas, we just don't celebrate it. The Jewish religion and people pre-dates Christmas, and it is just not a holiday in the Jewish community.

Answer 8

There are several Jewish festivals. Probably the most famous among Non-Jews, undeservedly so, is Hannukah.

Answer 9

There is no such thing as a Jewish Christmas, and no term for it.