Ekaterinburg: Governor, Mayor and 6000 Attend Chanukah Event!
EKATERINBURG, Russia [CHI] – For the third night of Chanukah over 6000 Jews participated in a special Chanukah Event in the “Yekaterinburg Sports Palace”.
EKATERINBURG, Russia [CHI] – For the third night of Chanukah over 6000 Jews participated in a special Chanukah Event in the “Yekaterinburg Sports Palace”.
This Sunday, the NCFJE – Chabad of Mineola hosted its 17th annual Chanukah telethon.
PARIS, France [CHI] — Last night hundreds gathered to celebrate the annual grand Menorah lighting which took place in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Many were on hand for the lighting of the 3rd candle in 770 last night.
UNIONDALE, NY [CHI] — As the horn sounded ending the first period of the game between the NY Islanders and the Boston Bruins, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY, a 6 foot Menorah was ushered onto the ice amidst great fanfare.
SAO PAULO, Brazil [CHI] — This Sunday hundreds gathered for the annual Chanukah Menorah lighting at the Praca dos Arcos square in S. Paulo, Brazil.
FAIRFIELD — Pouring rain failed to dampen the spirts of a small group of families huddled on the Sherman Green gazebo to light a menorah on the third night of Hanukkah Sunday.
Neither did three masked men, who carrying Nazi flags and shouting obscenities, tried to disrupt the ceremony until they fled when police arrived.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel lit the National Menorah in front of the White House Sunday evening in celebration of Chanukah. The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of the first National Menorah lighting in 1979 attended by then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter.