Robbi Shahar Colt of the Congregation Ahavas Achim of Westfield gives a blessing before the eighth candle of Hanukkah is lit. On left are Councilor Bridget Matthews-Kane, Amy Tosi, executive assistant ...
At Independence Mall, where the first large public menorah lighting took place in 1974, Philly’s Jewish community gathered again to celebrate “light over darkness.” A crowd gathers for the public ...
Claims Conference and Western Wall Heritage Foundation hosted the ninth annual event honoring survivors, October 7 victims, and the fight against rising antisemitism. Some 120 Holocaust survivors ...
Hanukkah is supposed to be a joyous holiday, said Bothell resident Marisa Klein. Instead, she’s feeling worn out and hopeless. The antisemitic mass shooting during a Sunday Hanukkah celebration at ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Hanukkah kicked off officially on Sunday, Dec. 14, and will conclude on Monday, Dec. 22. The Jewish wintertime “festival of lights” is celebrated every year for eight days.
NEW YORK – The Brooklyn Nets paid tribute to the victims of the Sydney Hanukkah massacre in a Hanukkah celebration at the Barclays Center during the team’s game against the Miami Heat on Thursday ...
As the Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs prepares to host the second annual Hanukkah Street Festival this Sunday, Rabbi Isaac Abelsky feels the event has taken on added meaning following the ...
As tiny lights strung on trees cut through the darkness Dec. 16 at Skokie’s memorial park at Krier Plaza, a band of celebrants lit one more light: a Hanukkah candle on a menorah. Organizers ...
On the same day that 15 Jews were murdered on Bondi Beach in Australia, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) lit Hanukkah candles at home for the first time. Booker, who is black and not Jewish, married real ...
On Sunday morning, hours before the first night of Hanukkah, I wrote to my congregation with feelings of shock and grief. Having gone to sleep the night before with news about the tragic shooting at ...
WAIKIKI (KHON2) — Spirits were high in Waikiki on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for Honolulu’s public menorah lighting — a tradition meant to symbolize how light triumphs over darkness. Security was tight after ...