Jews do not celebrate Christmas, as it is not a Jewish holiday. Instead, they have their own set of holidays and traditions. Some of the major Jewish holidays include Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur. Hanukkah is a festival of lights that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, which was rededicated after a successful revolt against the Syrian-Greek forces in the second century B.C. Passover celebrates the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt, while Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the Jewish New Year