Yet by limiting the Menorah lighting to the length of the ceremony, Lake Forest is taking a different approach than neighboring communities including Lake Bluff where a Menorah also provided by ...

A city in Illinois sparked controversy by limiting a Hanukkah menorah display to a few hours instead of the full eight days. As of Tuesday, more than 6,500 people have signed a Change.org petition ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there are 24 spellings for Hanukkah, during which Jews light candles on a menorah to celebrate the miracle of a one-day oil supply lasting eight after ...

A menorah was vandalized in Framingham over the weekend, according to police who are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. Meanwhile, more than 200 swatting incidents and hoax bomb ...

Menorah in the D returns to downtown Detroit (CBS DETROIT) — It's the first time since 2005 that the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, and there were celebrations all throughout the area.

Widespread menorah presentations is a practice that has reportedly been done at least once in order to show solidarity with Jewish people under attack. The 1995 documentary film "Not In Our Town ...

That is why the Talmudic instruction to display the Chanukah menorah is nuanced: “Our rabbis taught: it is incumbent to place the Chanukah lamp by the door of one’s house on the outside.

And so, during this holiday, a menorah is a candelabra with nine candles: four candles on each side and one in the center to light all the others. The center candle, known as the shamash, sits ...

The first light on a 13-foot tall menorah was lit using a hydraulic lift outside the State House in Concord on Wednesday to mark the first night of Hanukkah. Chabad Lubavitch organized the display ...

U.S. officials and religious leaders spoke about peace and hope at the National Menorah Lighting hosted in front of the White House Wednesday to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. “We can all ...

The Menorah recalls the creation story, where the first creation was light (Genesis 1:3). And it also recalls Eden, where light was far more intense than the sun (Baba Batra 58a).