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Menorah Makes a Triumphant Return

Haddonfield Patch

A day after a Hanukkah menorah was stolen from Haddonfield, it was replaced with a larger one. Photo: Shelly Castorino.

On Wednesday morning, 4-year-old Isabella Wallet was riding past Library Point in her mother’s car when she noticed the menorah was missing.

Picture of Day: There Were Days..

In honor of Chanukah, we present this unique photo from the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov of Reb Meir Friedman of blessed memory, the head of Tze’irei Agudas Chabad in Israel, celebrating Chanukah with Israeli Soldiers at the Suez Canal in the year 5729 (1968-1969).

Photos: The Queens Chanukah Experience

This past Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of schoolchildren from schools across Queens enjoyed their visit to The Queens Chanukah Experience run by Rabbi Yerachmiel and Chanie Zalmanov of Chabad of Eastern Queens. As most schools will be closed Sunday and Monday for Chanukah vacation, the Chanukah Experience will be open to the public on Sunday and Monday.

Shabbos at the Besht: What Is in a Dream?

This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Abraham will lead a discussion on the topic, Dreams: When are they just a reflection of your reality? When do they divulge something deeper? What does it mean that Golus is just a dream?

Photo Gallery: Chanukah in Mariupol, Ukraine

On the 26th of Kislev 5772, in the Jewish day school “Simcha” in Mariupol, a Ukrainian city on the coast of the Sea of Azov, held a Chanukah celebration. The atmosphere in the school was full of light, warmth and joy. The children put on a Chanukah show with song and dance, and all participated in lighting of menorah and enjoyment of Chanukah treats.

80 Years of the GWB, 8 Days of Chanukah

Bris Avrohom, an organization headquartered in Hillside, NJ, lights up the hearts and souls of the Russian Jewish community. For Russian Jews, lighting a menorah in public is a great source of pride and victory. In the former Soviet Union, Jews were unable to observe the primary mitzvah of Chanukah. In the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, lighting a menorah that was visible from the street would land a Jew in jail, or worse. Jews from the former Soviet Union could not even imagine seeing a menorah lit in the office of a political dignitary.

New Zealand Calm Shaken by Another Earthquake

After sustaining severe damage in a February earthquake, the former home of the Chabad House in Christchurch, New Zealand, lay in ruins day before another swarm of tremors struck the city.

Just when rebuilding efforts were starting to show encouraging progress in Christchurch, New Zealand, city dwellers got a rude awakening Friday afternoon when the ground starting shaking yet again.

Boston’s Mayor Attends His 18th Menorah Lighting

Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino broke Boston Mayoral records, when he attend the Chabad Public Menorah in the Boston Common in the heart of Downtown Boston for the 18th time. The Mayor along with his staff were greeted by Rabbi Chaim Prus Head Shliach to Eastern Massachusetts, who began the public Menorah lighting ceremony in the Boston Common almost thirty years ago, in 1984.