Einat Bloch, a teenage activist at the time of the Gaza pullout in 2005, says that leaving Gaza saved her community from an ...

A surfboard menorah was lit at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 29, representing the fifth night of Hanukkah and a public statement of Jewish pride and perseverance in the face of many challenges.. The ...

According to the Talmud, Chanukah celebrates the miracle of that oil lasting eight days. But the greater significance remains the Jewish community’s refusal to bend and disappear, or to hide.

Giant menorah lighting celebrates Hanakkuah in Evans. By News-Press NOW. Published December 29, 2024 2:09 pm. By NewsPress Now. EVANS, GA (WFXG ...

On Monday evening, bring your own menorah to light at the Miracle of Light festival. Prev Next It’s the fourth night of Hanukkah, and in Franklin, they're busy preparing for the second-annual ...

The menorah on the first night of Hanukkah. Photo by Erica Price “We are hoping, and we’re praying that we experience a miracle at this time, for the hostages … that they be released to light, and ...

Stephen Fine, in his excellent book “The Menorah,” mentions a Papal ritual that lasted until the 1500’s. Each new Pope would call representatives of the Jewish community of Rome to meet them ...

FROM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TO CANDLELIGHT TONIGHT, -- ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE CELEBRATING THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. THE HOLIDAY COMMEMORATES THE MIRACLE OF OIL MEANT FOR ONE ...

Chabad of Nebraska celebrated by lighting a Cornhusker menorah. Skip to content. NOWCAST KETV NewsWatch 7 at 4:00. ... For the Jewish community, lighting the candles commemorates a miracle.

Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, eight-branched candelabra, the menorah.

To commemorate this miracle and their freedom from foreign occupation, Jewish sages declared an eight-day holiday to be celebrated each year. The Hanukkah menorah is intended not to light the ...