Chabad set up a menorah in downtown Sydney as a tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack. The 32-foot menorah was erected late Thursday night in downtown Sydney, just hours after Chabad cancelled its annual candle-lighting ceremony in the wake of the terror attack that killed ended with three people, including the assailant, killed….
The public Hanukkah candle lighting at Sydney’s Martin Place was canceled for the first time in 30 years following the terror attack that killed two Australians. Chabad, which has erected a giant 33-foot Hanukkah menorah in downtown Sydney for the past three decades, issued a statement Thursday, saying: “Due to the very recent terror attack…
Jewish notions of religious freedom so informed the American ethos that it is “is fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage,” Vice President Joe Biden said at a menorah lighting in front of the White House. Biden, attending the event Tuesday organized by American Friends of Lubavitch, cited the work of Emma Lazarus,…
Mayim Bialik knows that nothing says Happy Hanukkah like menorah sweggings (sweater-leggings, for all you regular pants-wearers). Enjoy! Post by Official Mayim Bialik Page.
The parents of Steven Sotloff, the Jewish journalist who was beheaded by a member of ISIS, will light a public menorah in Miami in his memory. Arthur and Shirley Sotloff will light the first candle of Hanukkah Tuesday night at the Chabad center in Miami. “Steve was a proud Jew who always enjoyed the holidays,”…
Photograph by Jon Wunder Gift No. 3 The holiday season is upon us, which for many means a time of social gatherings, family, friends and traditions both religious and secular. This time of year brings me back to my youth, when I believed December was the time the Jews celebrated Hanukkah as well as Passover…
Have you ever been texting and thought: “If only there was an emoji that appropriately captured the essence of a Jewish house of worship?” Well, the emoji gods have heard your prayers. According to Buzzfeed, 37 new emojis characters are currently being considered by the Unicode Consortium (which creates your favorite pizza slices and praying…
Chabad-Lubavitch said it has erected more than 15,000 large public menorahs in cities throughout the world for Hanukkah. The organization also said it would distribute more than 700,000 personal menorahs, 30.800 million candles and 2.5 million holiday guides in 13 languages around the world for Hanukkah 2013. In addition, 5,000 menorahs will appear on top…
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