Hundreds Gather for Menorah Lighting in Essex
300 people joined Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, MBE, and fellow Shluchim Rabbis Moshe Muller and Odom Brandman for their annual public Menorah lighting on Motzei Shabbos, the 5th night of Chanukah.
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Jewbellish The News: The 2014 Chanukah Oil Shortage
In the latest episode of Jewbellish The News, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin discusses an oil spill in Israel that the Greeks have not claimed responsibility for, a Chanukah wrapping-paper scandal, Joe Biden lights the Menorah and Irish rock-star Bono disguises himself as a Chasidic Jew.
Mayor Joins Chanukah Celebration in Kentucky
Chabad of Kentucky lit a giant 16-foot menorah at their Chanukah on Ice event at 4th Street Live, a community Chanukah celebration on December 21.
Video: Orlando Schoolchildren Tell the Chanukah Story
The Orlando Jewish Day School and Chai Preschool, under the auspices of Chabad of South Orlando, produced the following ‘Chanukah Spiel’ video for their Chanukah event tonight.
Photos by Meir Alfasi
Olive Tree Menorah Rises into Rechovot Sky
Emilio Mogilner, an internationally acclaimed artist and Lubavitcher chossid, created the world’s largest ‘artistic’ Chanukah Menorah. Standing at over 31 feet all, the menorah – designed to look like an olive tree – is made up of 13 tons of steel and concrete stands in the heart of the city of Rechovot.
Chanukah Spirit Brings Comfort to Site of Terror Attack
The vice president of the Rabbinical Council of New South Wales, Australia, Rabbi Eli Feldman, along with his wife Rebbetzin Elka Feldman, led a group of young adults in distributing hundreds of Latkes and doughnuts in Martin Place, Sydney.
Gelt Rains Down at Upstate Menorah Lighting
The weather forecast in Monroe, New York, on the 3rd night of Chanukah: Raining Chanukah Gelt! Thousands of Chanukah Gelt Chocolate Coins rained from atop of a ladder of a fire truck.
New Jewelry Store Opens on Kingston Avenue
For the first time in over 25 years, a jewelry store has opened its doors on Kingston Avenue. Popular jeweler Levi Laine has opened his new store – L. Laine Jewelers – in time for Chanukah, and a grand opening will be held in the coming weeks.
Duo Performs Moving Tribute to Moshe Yess
The Rogers Park Band, starring Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz, recorded this moving rendition of Beggar Woman, a song composed by the late Jewish music star Moshe Yess, to whom their performance is in tribute.
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Giuliani: We’ve Unlearned Lessons of Crown Heights
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani criticized his successor, Bill de Blasio, for letting the protests in the aftermath of Eric Garner’s chokehold death get out of hand, saying “This is what we learned with Crown Heights, and it seems like we’ve unlearned it.”
World’s First Tombola Menorah in London Suburb
The Chabad Centre in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, UK, has done it again with another amazing record-breaking Menorah to feature at their Chanukah party this year. The World’s First Tombola Menorah.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Tzivia Dray
Mrs. Tzivia Dray is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, Yehuda Elbaz, OBM, of Sderot, Israel, at 765 S. Johns Place [between Nostrand and Rogers Aves.] Apt. #2B, until Sunday morning. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Photos by JDN
Shluchim Light Menorah at Officers’ Assassination Site
A group of Brooklyn Shluchim flanked by Williamsburg Askonim, community members and police officers lit a Chanukah Menorah at the intersection of Tompkins and Marcy Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn – the corner were two NYPD police officers were murdered in cold blood.
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