Hanukkah festivities light up Jerusalem as the Jewish holiday begins on Wednesday. This year marks a rare convergence, as Hanukkah and Christmas share the same date for the first time since 2005.

Hanukkah is one of the most famous holidays in the Jewish calendar, but here are facts about the Festival of Lights that you may not have known.

Hanukkah began at nightfall Wednesday and will end at nightfall on Jan. 2, and community members are invited into the celebration of light triumphing over darkness.

Step away from the commercialization of the holiday, and fight for Jewish survival, against assimilation, and to own the Jewish story of resistance