<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika mwaka wa 1998, kufuata desturi ya Kiyahudi ya kiasi kama vile kusherehekea Hanukkah hufuata desturi ya Waisraeli wa kale, ambao walikataa shinikizo la kupitisha Uheleni.  <response>: In 1998, the adherence to a modest Jewish ritual such as celebrating Hanukkah follows in the tradition of the ancient Israelites, who spurned the pressures to adopt Hellenism. 