On Sunday, at a very crowded Wegman’s supermarket in DeWitt, NY, Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport, director of Syracuse Chabad, conducted a demonstration on the pressing of olive oil, with local Jewish children happily joining in for the hands-on workshop.
A Chanukah themed float participated in Houston’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, complete with a giant Dreidel, Menorah and dancing Chabad Rabbis.
The Mayor of the Village of Monroe, NY and his wife, as well as the entire Town Counsel Board of Monroe, joined the Jewish community for a public menorah lighting hosted by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston of Chabad of Orange County.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for Chaya Miriam bas Ester Leah, a newborn baby girl in critical condition.
I’ve attended many Chanukah Festivals in South Florida, but the 34th Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, was to me, by far, the most memorable and enjoyable.
On Sunday night, an annual Tzivos Hashem rally took place at the Golders Green Station, where London’s largest Menorah is lit every night of Chanukah. The event was a huge success, with over 2,000 people from all walks of Judaism in attendance.
A live satellite linked up the menorah lighting at the Western Wall in Jerusalem with Menorah lightings in Paris and New York.
Meir (ben Moshe) Zaetz (Crown Heights) and Kayla Coleman (London, England)
L’Chaim Wednesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
In this eight-part video series by Shmideo, Rabbi Itche Kadoozy and his associates shmooze with kids about Chanukah. A new video is being released each day of Chanukah.
As Jewish communities in major cites celebrate the start of Chanukah this week, one group is heading into country Australia to support Jewish people living in isolated areas without a synagogue or connection to their culture.
Laurie Cumbo, the newly elected councilwoman for New York City’s 35th District – which includes Crown Heights – was interviewed for an article that appeared in The Jewish Week regarding the attacks by African-Americans against Jewish residents of Crown Heights.
Students of the Chabad Yeshiva in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania lit a large Menorah in the city’s Public Square. The gathered spectators enjoyed latkes, jelly doughnuts and danced joyously to Chanukah songs.
In this eight-part video series by Shmideo, Rabbi Itche Kadoozy and his associates shmooze with kids about Chanukah. A new video is being released each day of Chanukah.
Watch a live satellite link-up of menorah lightings in three major cities on three continents. This French program is based out of Paris, and will hook-up with menorah lightings in Israel and New York.
A New York City commuter train rounding a riverside curve derailed and came to rest only inches from the water Sunday, killing four people, injuring more than 60 and sending a chain of toppled cars shaped like a backward question mark trailing off the track, authorities said.
A public Hanukkah menorah erected in downtown Budapest was vandalized. The menorah, erected by Chabad, is located in the center of downtown Budapest, opposite the Western Railway station.
The Mitzvah Tank Parade office has issued a clarification regarding the annual Chanukah Menorah parade that is scheduled to take place Monday night. Contrary to what was understood before, those who participated in the parade last year will still have to register for this year’s parade.
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