Ezra Schwartz embodied the spirit of Chanukah, his mother said last night as she took on the emotional task of lighting a community menorah in honor of her son, the Sharon, Massachusetts, teen slain in Israel less than a month ago.
One of the largest Chanukah celebrations in Houston history took place on the steps of City Hall.
On Thursday, the 5th night of Chanukah, the streets of Panama City were shaken by a spectacular Chanukah parade for the third year in a row!
Chanukah, the festival of lights, was made a bit brighter last night at the third annual CTeen Jewish Heritage Night at the Brooklyn Barclays Center. Thousands of people—with many of them being Jewish teens who attended with the 36 CTeen chapters from the tri-state area—packed the seats of the Brooklyn’s premier sports stadium.
Los Angeles first Jewish mayor, Eric Garcetti, hosted a Menorah lighting ceremony with the consuls general of both Israel and France along with many other city officials in attendance. The event was organized by Chabad of the West Coast led by Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin.
The first night of Chanukah was marked by a unique event at Chabad of Tucson, Arizona: The lighting of a 4-foot-tall Menorah made out of Lego blocks.
The largest Jewish religious and cultural center to be built over the past 15 years opened in Moscow on Sunday amid fanfare and a celebration that drew religious and political leaders from across the region.
Hundreds gathered in Ocala’s City Square on Sunday night to celebrate Chanukah in the heart of Florida’s Horse Country.
A Chanukah party for Israelis and Hebrew speakers was held for the first time in Brussels, Belgium.
Recently, two electric pylons that transfer electricity from Ukraine to Crimea were bombed, and Crimea has been in the dark, without electricity except 2-4 hours a day. The Russian authorities ruling the peninsula decreed that all public gatherings of more than three people were forbidden. Permission to erect the menorah on a public square, where it has been for many years, was not forthcoming to the Chabad Shluchim in the disputed region’s capital city, Simferopol.
Chabad of the Valley once again hosted Chanukah at Universal Studios CityWalk with thousands in attendance. This years event was headlined by Gad Elbaz who had the crowd dancing.
Hundreds gathered in ‘Little Odessa’s’ Brighton Beach Avenue for the lighting of the first candle on the Menorah that stands there year round.
A large Menorah erected outside Chabad-Lubavitch of Utah headquarters in Salt Lake City was stolen and vandalized the night before Chanukah. This is the second time the Menorah was vandalized in three years.
Some 180 people turned out to watch the lighting of the first candle on the Chabad Menorah, which is supported by Harrow Council.
For its 14th consecutive year, New Jerseys largest Chanukah Menorah was lit in Monroe Township by Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky with hundreds in attendance.
Rabbi Pinny and Chaia (nee Khafif) Super along with their 14-month-old baby girl, have recently been appointed as the new Shluchim to Melbourne, Australia, to serve and work with the local Young Jewish Professionals in their 20’s and 30’s.
Many Jewish residents of Moscow, Russia gathered this evening in front of the Kremlin walls for a Menorah lighting ceremony marking the first night of Chanukah. Standing alongside Rabbi Berel Lazar the Chief Rabbi of Russia, was the Israeli Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau.
