Chabad Presents President of Uruguay with Menorah

On Monday, December 7, the President of the Republic, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, received a delegation of Chabad of Uruguay with regard to the proximity of the holiday of Chanukah. Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov handed the President a beautiful menorah, symbol of the triumph of light over darkness. “Every night she lights a larger quantity of candles,” said the Rabbi. “This teaches that one should never settle for his spiritual attainments.” The President expressed appreciation for the gesture and the accompanying message and said that will not only brighten your office, but also his heart.

Chanukah Celebrated with Chabad Lubavitch of Glasgow

185 people attended Scotland’s first ever exclusive Chanukah Bowling Party. The entire AMF Glasgow bowling alley was taken over for almost three hours this past Sunday for the Lubavitch Glasgow Jewish Community Chanukah Bowling Party.

Brooklyn Boro President, Turkish Council General Light Menorah

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On Monday, December 14, in celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with the help of Mehmet Samsar, consul general of Turkey in New York City and New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, presided over the lighting of Brooklyn’s official 29-foot menorah in front of the Supreme Court building in Columbus Park/Borough Hall Plaza. The ceremony was led by Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham, and holiday refreshments were provided.

Traveling Rabbis Light Menorah Display at Civic Center

Amid bitterly cold temperatures, two young Jewish rabbis lit a Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center Monday evening, marking the start of the fourth day of Hanukkah.

Rabbi Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., told eight hardy Jewish souls that the ceremony in Great Falls, at 9 degrees below zero, marked the coldest lighting of a Menorah in the United States on Monday.