The Temple Menorah building in the Northridge neighborhood was vandalized early Sunday, June14. According to Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer, many of the synagogue’s windows, as well as its front and back ...

The purpose of the menorah is to bring light. Was the menorah lit for the sake of God or for the sake of man? In Midrash Tanchuma (Tetzave 4) we learn: God said, “I don’t need your light.

KIRYAT ONO, Israel (JTA) — Last year, at the diverse campuses of Ono Academic College, some of my students expressed concern and even dismay over the Christmas tree we had set up next to the Hanukkah ...

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The Knesset Menorah merges Kabbalah symbolism with echoes of Greek philosophy, representing the spiritual and intellectual foundations of Jewish tradition. Credit: Proesi, CC BY-SA, 2.0 DE Kabbalah is ...

Jerusalem Post Middle East Nearly $60b. seized from Egyptian Jews in decades-long 'modern Passover' - report "Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of Egyptian Jewry is not a ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A year after it was destroyed by vandals, the sand menorah has returned to Juno Beach. The menorah was built Thursday by the Juno Beach Pier, and a crowd of hundreds came out ...

made by Maimonides, Chabad’s menorah’s branches are not curved — but straight. In “Straightening Out the Menorah,” Jewish Review of Books, 12/25/34, Reviel Netz writes: ...

Stephen Fine, in his excellent book “The Menorah, ” mentions a Papal ritual that lasted until the 1500’s. Each new Pope would call representatives of the Jewish community of Rome to meet ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is spreading the light of Hanukkah in a big way, marking the third consecutive year of public celebrations with a menorah lighting at City Hall. The event took ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — The sand menorah is returning to Juno Beach this year. Organizers at Jewish Community Synagogue are hoping it lasts throughout the eight days of Hanukkah.