At a recent Chanukah party hosted by the district attorney of Brooklyn Charles Hynes, he presented an award to Meyer Seewald, the director of a Crown Heights-based Jewish community watchdog group that investigates and exposes claimed predators in Hasidic communities.
Over 5000 people of all the parts of the Jewish community celebrated Chanukah together at the 28th grand Menorah lighting of Chabad Lubavitch Argentina. Joining the celebrations was the Chief Rabbi Of Israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar.
The European Jewish Community Centre celebrated Chanukah at the Headquarters of the EU – The Berlaymont with Commissioner Michel Barnier from France.
This week, families around the world will gather to light menorahs and commemorate the festival of Hanukkah. In New York City, David Moore’s family will be lighting 120 of them. That translates into some 5,000 candles over the eight-night holiday.
Orange County, NY – Chabad of Orange County held its annual grand Chanukah party, renting out Colonial Lanes in Chester. This year’s theme was “Mad Science Chanukah!”
The European Jewish Community Centre and English Member of the European Parliament Arlene MacCarthy organized a concert in honor of Chanukah called “LIGHTS” by the Epiphany Chamber Music Group from Manchester, in the central hall of the European Parliament.
Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, took part on Wednesday in a Chanukah candle lighting with Chabad Chassidim in Tel Aviv.
Today, Thursday December 13th, Hillel day school of North Miami Beach had a beautiful Chanukah lighting ceremony. There were over 1500 students and staff at the event.
The Marriott Hotels at the Brooklyn Bridge has once again joined the ranks of the hundreds upon hundreds of venues that sponsor a public Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony.
Over 150 Congressional staffers and Members of the House and Senate gathered in the prestigious Mike Mansfield Room of the US Capitol to for the annual Capitol Hill Chanukah Celebration.
The soldier blinded early on in the recent operation ‘Pillar of Defense’ in Gaza, along with a wounded victim from the terror attack in Bulgaria and assisted by the soldier who thwarted a terrorist attack on Chanukah seven years ago kindled the third candle of Chanukah together with Rabbi Menachem Kutner of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project.
Curtis Sliwa, a well known talk radio host and founder of the Guradian Angels, participated in the public Menorah lighting organized by the Chabad of Rego Park.
As we mark 26 Years to Hey Teves – the Yom Tov of Seforim, Kol Menachem will be offering up to 50% off on all Seforim as well as a gift Collections of their full Library, marking its largest sale yet. The sale will be from Dec 15th though Dec 22nd, Online sale orders start today at KolMenachem.com
Three years ago CrownHeights.info featured a ‘unique and smelly menorah’ created by a Darchai Menachem student, this year it was featured on the Huffington Post as part of an article titled “25 Hilariously Wrong Menorahs”.
The Annual West Hempstead Chanukah fire engine parade blared their Chanukah sirens throughout town to kick off the spectacular grand Menorha lighting ceremony and spectacular Chanukah festival.
Lubavitch of Scotland organized a number of Chanukah events for their community. Their activities included a public menorah, large banners which spread the message of Chanukah and activities at local senior centers.
Israeli and Jewish officials in Denmark are urging local Jews not to wear identifying religious in public, due troubling rise in anti-Semitic incidents. This comes during the holiday of Chanukah whose main premise is to spread the light and message.
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