While altar servers eventually took up the custom of ringing hand-held bells at the altar, the tradition of ringing the tower ...
Hanukkah came a bit late this season, beginning at nightfall on December 25, 2024 and concluded on the evening of January 2, 2025. It started on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev. The eight-day ...
Jan. 20, is Martin Luther King Day, and as has been the case for many years now, the Unitarian Universalist churches of ...
An attendee of the recently held Jackson Township Menorah Lighting lines up for some refreshments prior to the start of this year’s ceremony held at Town Hall. (Photo by Bob Vosseller) The Rabbi then ...
A gathering to mark the “Festival of Lights” lit up Fifth Street on Tuesday as dozens gathered to light a menorah and catch gelt from Loveland Fire Rescue Authority’s tower crane engine.
On the sixth night of Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights, the Jewish community turned out for the lighting of a menorah at Spartanburg's Barnet Park. Elliott McCarthy, spiritual leader ...
A menorah-lighting ceremony has been held at the Capitol for the last 15 years, arranged by the Montana Association of Jewish Communities, or MAJCO, Janet Tatz of Helena Jewish Community said.
Hundreds of Albertans, including politicians of all stripes, gathered at City Hall Monday evening to celebrate the annual menorah lighting event, part of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah that ...
In the end, they triumphed and sought to light a Menorah – the Jewish word for a lamp or candelabra – to celebrate their victory. They had only enough oil to keep the candles lit for one day ...
“Hanukkah comes at the darkest time of the year,” explained Esther Heber, co-director of Chabad Williamsburg, a Jewish outreach group that has hosted the public menorah lighting since 2021.