Born in Philly, the Public Menorah Turns 50 - Chabad.org
3 days ago · Jewish News Born in Philly, the Public Menorah Turns 50. Five rabbis erected the first in 1974; now there are 15,000 lit annually. By Dovid Margolin December 24, 2024 5:08 PM. ... Since the 1980s the main menorah-lighting event has been preceded by a parade of 200 or so menorah-topped cars, and this year will be followed by a Chanukah event at ...
'One at a time': Chabad leads menorah lighting celebration in …
11 hours ago · A little more light — accompanied by songs, children dancing and jelly doughnuts — shone from the Monroe County Courthouse square Thursday evening as more than 40 people celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which this year began at sundown Dec. 25.. Two candles on a large menorah were lit by a Jewish member of the Bloomington community after Mayor Kerry Thomson lit the shamash, or ...
Chabad Center lights 10-foot menorah in downtown Binghamton
14 hours ago · Chabad Downtown Center held a public Hanukkah menorah lighting event Thursday evening at the Corner of Court and State Street. The organization lit a massive 10 foot, LED lit menorah and ...
Chabad of Nebraska celebrates 50th annual menorah lighting
2 days ago · Chabad of Nebraska celebrated by lighting a Cornhusker menorah.Community members gathered at Stinson Park and kept hostages of the conflict overseas in their thoughts.
With Lawrence menorah lighting, a hope of ‘light over darkness’; …
1 day ago · Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, co-director of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, said Thursday’s was the 18th Community Menorah Lighting in Lawrence, and 18 has a special significance in Jewish tradition.
Chabad Center to celebrate Hanukkah with Fashion Island menorah lighting
1 day ago · The annual Menorah lighting takes place Sunday, from 3 to 4:15 p.m., at the atrium garden court, near the Barnes & Noble bookstore, at Fashion Island, 401 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.
Lighting of the Menorah at the Chabad of Nashville
2 days ago · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Music lights up the room while a crowd filters in at the Chabad of Nashville. Itay Shimoni's hands play the happy music creating a sound that resonates in the large ...
Lighting up NYC: World's largest menorah erected in New York …
Dec 21, 2024 · The World’s Largest Menorah was erected on Thursday at the corner of 5th Ave and 59th Street, near Central Park in New York, Chabad Lubavitch announced Thursday.. The menorah, standing at 36 ...
Fifty Years of Illuminating the World - Chabad.org
3 days ago · Jews had once kindled their menorahs outside their homes, but centuries of persecution had driven them indoors. Those days were over. Starting in America, it was time to bring the light of the menorah out once again to the streets—not only as a reminder that the Jewish people are free of persecution and can enjoy their rights as a minority, but as a universal message of freedom and liberty ...
National Menorah Lighting: Washington D.C., USA (5785) - Chabad.org
Dec 17, 2024 · Join the live broadcast of the lighting ceremony of the National Chanukah Menorah located on the Ellipse at the White House in Washington D.C. Featuring Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and a musical performances by The National Menorah Orchestra with the “8th Day Band” and "The Three Cantors".