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So to celebrate the concept, for the next eight days, one more candle will be lit on a menorah. "The festival of lights takes us back to over 2,000 years ago when the Jews were being persecuted by ...
In 1993, Billings, Montana endured a rash of white supremacist activity culminating in a December attack on a Jewish home, where a brick was thrown through a window with a menorah in it. The city ...
A Hanukkah menorah, sometimes known as a Hanukkiah, is a candelabrum that can support a total of nine candles and is used during Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish festival, but what does it mean?. The ...
During Hanukkah, explore the history and traditions of the menorah and how it symbolizes resilience through its Hanukkah flames, marking the Temple's re-dedication.
Insight into its symbolic meaning may emerge when analyzing the Menorah’s relationship to three major themes of Judaism: creation, revelation, and redemption. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
Portland menorah lighting has special meaning for Jewish community this year With the Israel-Hamas war ongoing, the start of Hanukkah came with worry and anxiety, but also a strengthened desire to ...
The Menorah Minority Hanukkah was once a minor holiday, a playful reminder of miracles that cast a warming light against the winter darkness. By Anne Roiphe • 12/17/01 12:00am ...
The menorah from an iconic 1931 photo by Rachel Posner — showing it on a windowsill as a Nazi party flag flies outside — was brought to the frontlines of the Israel-Gaza war for the fourth day ...
For several years, a menorah has stood alongside the Christmas tree inside the county courthouse in Missoula, Mont. This year, a local rabbi asked officials to erect a Hanukkah display on the ...
This year's event carries more meaning because of what happened last year, *** few days after the menorah was built, someone vandalized it, knocked it over, and drew *** swastika on it.