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Hanukkah greetings on Union Square

Rabbi Yosef Langer marks the start of the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah by lighting the first candle on a Union Square menorah as Men’s Wearhouse CEO George Zimmer and others watch. Chronicle photo by David Paul Morris

Festival of Lights – Hanukkah Celebrated

More than 50 people last night attended a ceremony marking the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick in North Brunswick.

Rabbi Levi Azimov, who led the ceremony by lighting a 15-foot menorah, said the holiday is about sharing.

Brooklyn Illuminated

As part of the ongoing “Prospect Park in Lights” project currently on display throughout Brooklyn revealing such NYC landmarks as Grand Army Plaza, Chabad of Prospect Heights in conjunction with Forest City Ratner are proud to present our very own “Menorah in Lights” currently on display at the Atlantic Terminal Mall, (and throughout Chanukah) bejeweled in the warmth and theme of Chanukah, indeed, the festival of lights. The Menorah was formally illuminated on Sunday Dec 17 by Rabbi Ari Kirschenbaum & Borough President Marty Markowitz.

Hanukkah Shares Lights with People of Monroe

Rochester, NY — Precisely at 3 p.m. Friday, Rabbi Nechemia Vogel lit a menorah at Washington Square Park in downtown Rochester, signifying the start of Hanukkah.

“We’re doing this for the whole community,” said Vogel, Rabbi of Chabad Lubavitch on Winton Road in Brighton. “The message of Hanukkah is to take the celebration to the public. There’s something very universal about Hanukkah, about religious freedom.”

Historic Menorah Lighting in Fair Lawn, NJ

Saturday night December 16th 2006 the second night of Chanukah will always be remembered as a monumental Menroah lighting ceremony in the hearts of many Fair Lawn residents as it marked the first time in history that a Menorah was lit at Fair Lawn city hall.

In the presence of over a hundred people with children and most of Fair Lawn’s city council on a cold December night Rabbi Berel Zalrtzman the Community Development Director and spiritual leader of Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn – an affiliate of Chabad Lubavitch opened the ceremony with the traditional blessings of the Menorah.

Chabad Center of Greenwich mark the start of Hanukka

Greenwich, CT — Standing on a plastic chair, Chabad Rabbi Yossi Deren exhorted children to dance while he checked the light bulbs atop a giant menorah set up for Hanukkah.

“One more song and we’ll light the Shabbat candles!” he shouted through a microphone.

Women, latkes bind culture

Like all the best Jewish traditions, a latke is a savory bite of history, tradition and memory. Its seeds are found in the story of Judith and the Maccabees, who triumphed against overwhelming odds.

“Food is very serious,” said David Gitlitz, a scholar of Jewish food history. “It’s a kind of glue that holds the culture together.”

That puts the Jewish woman and her kitchen squarely at the center of the culture, and of Hanukkah, which begins at sundown today.