Thousands at Goldstream Park Chanukah Event

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — A record breaking number of 10,000 people, as estimated by the police, filled the Gulfstream Park of Hallandale Beach, Florida, to join a huge Chanukah party held for the 28th year in a row.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Eli Kahan)

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Chanukah in the Snow in Florida

MIAMI, FL [CHI] — This past Sunday December 9, 2007 over 400 people gathered together to witness Chanukah in the snow at Chabad of Kendall/Pinecrest.

The crowd witnesses as 10 Tons of snow was made in front of their eyes, who would think that this would happened in Florida this was one of the miracles of Chanukah in Florida.

Environmentally-Friendly Menorah Towers Over London’s Trafalgar Square

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

London Mayor Ken Livingstone, left, and Rabbi Gershon Overlander, co-director of the Chabad House on Hendon, make their way to the top of the Chabad House’s 30-foot menorah on Trafalgar Square with the help of a cherry picker. (Photo: Shelley Kelaty)

LONDON, England — London Mayor Ken Livingstone welcomed some 5,000 revelers to Trafalgar Square Tuesday night for a historic lighting of a Chanukah menorah with the Chabad House of Hendon.

First Ever Chanukah Parade in Las Vegas!

LAS VEGAS, NV — This past Motzei Shabbos, Chabad held its first ever Grand Car Menorah Parade down the world famous Las Vegas strip in which over 20 vehicles participated. The parade finished at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign at which some of the cars stopped to take a picture.

Picture of the Day – the Governor and the Colonel

Governor Eliot Spitzer and Chaplain Colonel Jacob Goldstein, Tuesday at the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council) Chanukah Party, which was in Manhattan in the law firm of Strook Strook and Lavan in Wall Street.

Photo by Yankel Wice.

Chanukah at the Victorian Parliament

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Chanukah Menorah was lit in the Victorian parliament by the Chabad House of the center of Melbourne. The ceremony was honored with the presence of the PM of Victoria John Brumby, head of the opposition, Ted Baillieu, ministers and members of Parliament, apart of the 200 Rabbis and important members of the Jewish community of Melbourne.

Menorah Lights Up Nation’s Oldest City

ST AUGUSTINE, FL — As the sun dropped out of sight Wednesday evening, December 5, crowds gathered in the Plaza de la Constitucion to participate in a celebration that has become something of a tradition here in St. Augustine. It was the second night of the Jewish festival of Chanukah and a 9 foot menorah stood in the center of the Plaza, ready to be lit.

Menorahs on the Move

Adam Brandolph -Pittsburgh Tribune

PITTSBURGH, PA — I couldn’t count how many odd stares I received yesterday.

Maybe it was the Hanukkah music playing through loudspeakers of our RV-turned-Hanukkah Mobile, maybe it was the teenage boys in the back with me who wished everyone we saw a Happy Hanukkah and passed out menorahs, dreidels and chocolate from the moving vehicle.