Kotler received the menorah from his grandmother, Leah Kotler, a Holocaust survivor from Belarus. “It made me feel how important it is to connect with tradition and my Judaism,” he said.

In the past few years, I’ve become a candle obsessive. It started out sporadically, during the odd bath or to banish the smell of cooked food, but now it’s a full-on hobby. I burn them for ...

At sundown, join your light with ours for a unique candle lighting that celebrates community and hope. Celebrate the Festival of Lights during the Hanukkah season with nightly menorah lightings on the ...

A menorah display made of ice in Morristown was not vandalized in a bias-crime incident during Hanukkah, but rather mistakenly bumped, police clarified Saturday. On Tuesday, a local media outlet ...

The City of Trees continued a local Hanukkah tradition Monday, December 30 with the lighting of a nearly 10-foot menorah outside council chambers. In recognition of the Jewish holiday’s sixth day, ...

Anne Sheela Samuel and her daughter Rivka light the menorah candles for Hanukkah at their Kovai home, part of a small remaining Jewish community in Tamil Nadu. Anne, who embraced Judaism after ...

Over the eight nights of Hanukkah, author and activist Noa Tishby may have just set a record for most-viewed menorah lightings ... “With each candle of Hanukkah, we expelled the darkness and ...

Hanukkah is now celebrated by lighting candles on a nine-branched menorah, but the seven-branched menorah depicted on the lamp was used only in rituals in the Jerusalem Temple. IAA research ...

Every year, Chabad lights up the Catskills with the tallest Menorah, a spectacular event that takes place on Motzei Shabbos of Chanukah at the ShopRite mall in Liberty, NY by Rabbi Yossi Hurwitz. Full ...

The North Shore Synagogue, the Syosset-Woodbury Chamber of Commerce and community members lit the community menorah on Dec. 25 to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. “As the sun set upon ...

The program opened with Rabbi Tiechtel explaining the significance of the event, highlighting the governor’s role as a “shamash” — the menorah’s servant candle that kindles others. He encouraged ...