WILLIAMSBURG — Fifty years ago, the first public menorah was lit at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia as an effort to promote observance of the Jewish holiday. As it has for the past several years, the ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

Rochester, N.Y. — Wednesday marks the first night of Hanukkah. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabee fighters and the miracle of when a night's worth of oil burned for eight straight ...

The Long Beach community will celebrate Hanukkah this weekend — by lighting a giant menorah. Shul by the Shore, Jewish Long Beach and Temple Israel will host the Hanukkah event, which will also ...

Rabbi Jon Nelson told the story of Hanukkah to a crowd of dozens filling the plaza outside Beaumont City Hall on Monday night -- the sixth night of Hanukkah. It was his first time celebrating the ...

A group at Wake Forest University is joining in on Hanukkah.Chabad at Wake Forest University, a part of the worldwide Jewish educational and outreach organization, Chabad-Lubavitch, is sponsoring a ...

OUT THERE, COMPLETE NINE-DAY FORECAST COMING UP. WELL, IT’S A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION. ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF HANUKKAH, KANSAS CITY MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS AND CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT HELPED CELEBRATE THE ...

The city of Mesa hosted a menorah lighting ceremony to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. The first night of the Jewish holiday starts on the same night as Christmas for the first time in nearly two ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hanukkah is officially underway with an enthusiastic kickoff Wednesday night in San Francisco’s Union Square drawing in several hundred to witness the lighting of a three-ton menorah. ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...