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FAIRFIELD — For the first time in Fairfield's history, a menorah is lighting up the town green alongside a Christmas tree during its annual holiday ceremony Saturday night. The 12-foot-tall ...
Skokie held a Hanukkah menorah lighting Dec. 26. One rabbi said Skokie was one of the first municipalities in Illinois, besides Chicago, to start holding public menorah lightings in the mid-1980s.
They set the menorah in front of the hospital grounds and it shone “out onto the community” — one in which Jews are a small minority, Wallen said after the most recent Menorah lighting ...
For Washington, D.C. the start of Hanukkah also means the lighting of the 30-foot National Menorah on the Ellipse, in front of the White House. And as of Tuesday afternoon, there is still time for ...
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 ...
For the second night, a menorah lighting took place at Fairport Village Hall and at the lawn of the Henrietta Recreation Center on Calkins Road.
The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis on cooking foods in oil such as potato pancakes called latkes, memorialize this miraculously long-lasting oil. When is Hanukkah 2024?
A 50-year American tradition of public menorahs will continue locally with Chabad N.E. Iowa's annual lighting of a menorah on the sixth night of Hanukkah in Cedar Rapids next week.
Leah Kotler’s menorah was her grandon's most prized family heirloom. When his Altadena home burned in the Eaton Fire, he thought it was gone.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is spreading the light of Hanukkah in a big way, marking the third consecutive year of public celebrations with a menorah lighting at City Hall. The event took ...
Howard County hosts seven public menorah lighting ceremonies, as well as a car-top menorah parade and an interactive Chanukah house in Ellicott City.
The menorah lighting celebration includes live entertainment, children’s crafts, Hanukkah dreidels, gelt, sufganiyot doughnuts and more; Village Square on School and Bridge streets.