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 ...

Amy and Ira Kaplan will be honored with the Maimonides Award at the 53rd Annual brunch on Oct. 19 at Beechmont Country Club in Orange.

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 ...

A year after it was destroyed by vandals, the sand menorah has returned to Juno Beach.

In an extended digression to the mishnah’s remark that menorah’s limbs and lamps must all be intact for any of them to be valid (Menahot 3:7), Maimonides says that he has seen fit to draw the ...

In exile, Hanukkah became a holiday of hope for Jews who dreamt of returning home, Menorah in hand.

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 ...

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.Last year, the menorah stood for a few days ...