The city of Ypsilanti had its first public menorah lighting to celebrate Chanukah. On Monday, Dec. 30, Chabad of Ann Arbor ...

BEFORE THE SINGING OF THE PRAYERS AND THE LIGHTING OF THE FIRST CANDLE. THE POINT OF MENORAH LIGHTING IS THAT WE LIGHT UP THE DARKNESS AND THE OUTSIDE. THE WORLD THAT NEEDS A LOT OF LIGHT THESE ...

It was touted as the northernmost public menorah lighting in the world ... The rabbi invited a special guest to light the first candle — Jorge Chavez of Fort Wainwright, who is deploying ...

Rabbi Yochanan Posner of the Lubavitch Chabad congregation in Skokie, which sponsored the menorah lighting, recalled that Skokie had one of the first public menorah lights, outside of Chicago.

Last year, second-gentleman Doug Emhoff attended the event; Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of a vice president. "Thousands of people are expected to attend this 46th lighting of the Menorah ...

The eight nights of Hanukkah conclude on Jan. 2. 3 weeks ago Rabbi Shemtov said this year is a milestone marking 50 years since his father lit the first-ever public menorah outdoors at the Liberty ...

It may have taken 175 years, but Vallejo held its first-ever official menorah lighting and Hanukkah celebration on Tuesday afternoon near City Hall. Earlier this month the Vallejo City Council ...

Eyal Abadi, 26 of Jamaica Plain, immigrated to the United States 13 years ago and was celebrating the Menorah lighting in Boston for the first time. “Back in Venezuela there used to be this same ...

The first night of Hanukkah was a joyous one in Brooklyn, as hundreds of people from all over the country gathered to light the borough’s largest menorah in Grand Army Plaza. It was a cold night, said ...

We are so excited to be a part of it." The event marked the 50th anniversary of the first-ever public menorah lighting. Organizers said the first one was held at the Liberty Bell in 1974.

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...

A menorah was found vandalized in Uptown Gig Harbor at the start of Hanukkah, sparking an investigation of the incident as a malicious mischief offense and potential hate crime, according to police.