As the holiday season approaches, many Jewish families are preparing to celebrate Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights (which begins this year on Wednesday, Dec. 25), with the lighting of the ...

Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common Hanukkah traditions. Even if you don’t know much about the Jewish religion, you probably recognize the candelabras that appear in windows ...

This year the Yom HaShoah commemoration will take place at 3 p.m. April 27 at Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennet Valley ...

The menorah features eight candles — one for each day of the holiday ... “Chabad and Hillel provide a home away from home for Jewish students where we can celebrate the Jewish holidays ...

the continuation of the Jewish people,” Noble said. Noble announced six individuals or groups who approached the stage and lit a candle of a Menorah during the candle-lighting ceremony.

Within the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a menorah, a candelabra with seven ... and it’s commemorated each year during Hanukkah. A ninth candle (placed in the centre of the hanukkiah) is used ...

Jews have celebrated the eight days of Hanukkah, which means dedication. And we light candles to remember the miracle. We use a special candlestick called a hanukkiah, which is like a menorah, but ...

Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, joyously celebrated by Jewish families lighting one candle of the Menorah candelabrum for eight days. It is in remembrance of their small army of Maccabees who ...

Eighty years ago, Allied troops moved across Europe and closed in on Germany, encountering thousands of concentration camp prisoners, many clinging to life because of the horrific treatment and ...