Using candles to mark the yahrzeit, the anniversary of a death, is mentioned in Jewish tradition as far back as the Middle Ages. But the mass-produced glass holders came later.

After 13 years, national retailer Target is looking to return to Antioch, so the company submitted building plans to the Metro Planning Commission.

A menorah built by a holocaust survivor was vandalized outside a synagogue in Bridgeport last week. The outdoor menorah, which sits outside Congregation B’nai Israel on Park Avenue, was pushed over by ...

A bigot damaged a menorah outside a Jewish food pantry in Kew Gardens earlier this month, police said. The hate-fueled criminal stormed up to Tomchei Shabbos of Queens and ripped the Hannukah ...

Days after celebrating its first-ever Hanukkah ceremony, the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector’s Office reported it was targeted by a vandal who destroyed a menorah outside its entrance. City of Miami ...

Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish celebration also known as The Festival of Lights has arrived. It commemorates a time when a single-day’s supply of oil miraculously burned for eight nights in an ancient ...

As daylight faded on a cool evening in Old Town Square, hundreds of families and children gathered Dec. 21 for Fort Collins’ annual menorah lighting ceremony. Held at 5 p.m., the event marked the ...

We’ve always been grateful for the generous inclusion of Hanukkah symbols among Christmas decorations, taking it as a well-meaning gesture intended to make Jews feel welcome during the holiday season.

Loveland’s menorah lighting Thursday night, celebrating the fifth night of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, was the largest turnout for the event the city has seen since it began nearly 20 years ago, 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 ...

As we grapple with the horrific massacre of Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Bondi Beach, Australia, another assault on a Jewish holiday tradition is occurring halfway across the world. It’s not violent, ...

Hanukkah, one of the most popular Jewish religious observances, is here. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as early as November because Jewish ...