(That, and its artistic tradition, derives from a mistranslation of Exodus 34.) “The recent menorah [Arch of Titus] show was an attempt to get ahead of the menorah myth,” says Fine.

Not just any oil was suitable for use in the Temple Menorah. The Torah stipulates that ... so that it will “raise up a constant flame” (Exodus 27:20). Why does the Torah use this unusual ...

Project Menorah was born out of a conversation between two friends — one Jewish, one not — as a way to show support for the community using the holiday symbol Lizzie Hyman is a Writer ...

a mass exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors from 1960 to 1962. Cuban exiles continued to call Temple Menorah their spiritual home over the years, earning Abramowitz the title “the ...

Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common ... “It was biblically [mandated] in Exodus, with an elaborate description,” says Rabbi Norman Patz, the rabbi emeritus of Temple Sholom ...

When Sheila Dressner first walked through the doors to Temple Menorah-Keneseth Chai in Northeast Philadelphia in 1980, she was in the process of finding a synagogue for her and her family to join. On ...