Students, staff, parents, and friends celebrated the first night of Chanukah together at the First Annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Darchai Menachem. Organized by the Darchai Menachem PTA, the event publicized the Chanukah miracle while strengthening the sense of community and pride in Darchai Menachem.
Just in time for the second anniversary of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s release from ‘a place called prison’, a new children’s comic book detailing the entire episode, has been released.
The Pre-Chanukah candle lighting in the Ukrainian Parliament took place with the participation of over 200 people, including over 80 Parliament members. Notable attendies included senior government officials, consulates, Israeli ambassador to Kiev ,Israeli businessman and the head Jewish community.
“Why is there no menorah in Chadwick Lake Park next to the tree?” The question from a five year old that lit up an entire town.
In the freilichen spirit of Chanukah, each Beis Rivkah teacher received a special gift of Chanukah gelt. The school also dispensed gelt to each student, with each student receiving $1.
On a blustery first night of Chanukah in 1975, more than 1,000 Jews crowded into San Francisco’s Union Square to witness the first giant public menorah-lighting in modern history. Here is the story and history.
The eight day Jewish festival of Chanukah commenced in Canberra with festive community events – the highlights being the 6th annual ceremony in Canberra Parliament’s Reception Room as well as a community fair including the lighting of the National Menorah at Chabad ACT’s HQ. This year’s theme was “Bringing World Peace”.
The tragic events in Jersey City more than a week ago were heavy on the minds and hearts as a crowd gathered to witness the lighting of the largest menorah in New Jersey on the first day of the Hanukkah Festival of Lights celebration at State Park on Perrineville Road, corner of Prospect Plains Road, in Monroe.
Mushkie Roness writes a heartful and emotional piece on her memories of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Roness OBM a true eishes chayil.
Unable to learn Torah last night, the bochurim and Anash in 770 turned to other mind sharpening skills than Gemorah. A chess tournament, the annual Nittel Nacht pastime, became the nights center of attention.
Just when they thought it couldn’t get any bigger, Chabad of Georgetown in Brooklyn, experienced their largest children’s Chanukah party yet. Hundreds of children poured into Aviator event and sports center; the venue of the party organized by Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg.
Another assault rocked Crown Heights Tuesday afternoon when a Crown Heights resident was assaulted while walking on a main street of Crown Heights. The attack was caught on surveillance camera, which was obtained by Crown Heights Shomrim.
103 boys participating in The Tzeirei HaShluchim West Coast Winter Boys Camp, in partnership with Merkos 302’s MyShliach, has concluded an amazing eight, fun-packed days of chayus, chassidishkeit and excitement
For the fourth year in a row, the creativity and skills of Oholei Torah’s elementary school talmidim shined as they designed, crafted, and built their projects for the annual Menorah Contest. The talmidim, either individually or in groups, worked for weeks to build their beautiful, creative, and meaningful menorah projects from scratch.
10,000 of people from the Melbourne Jewish community of all ages gathered on Sunday December 22, the first night of Chanukah, at the centrally located Caulfield Park to mark Melbourne’s 27th annual Chanukah celebration – Celebrating the first large public Menorah lighting event in the world.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, First Lady Frances DeWine, Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted and Mrs. Tina Husted hosted and took part in a Chanukah Menorah Lighting Ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Columbus on Monday, December 23.
A package thief’s crime pattern has taken shape in Crown Heights, leaving residents and landowners worried. The thief enters buildings through the front door, by using a large stone to rip the glass from the door.
