Brand new film by Bentzi Avtzon entitled ‘The Idea of Light’. The story behind the White House Menorah.
The Story Behind the White House Menorah
Grand Chanukah Menorah Lighting at the New Chabad Lubavitch Meditation Gardens 11881 McGregor Boulevard, Ft Myers, FL 33919 A huge Success.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida Kindled a Huge Menorah at their newly purchased property on Mcgregor Boulevard. The First Night of the First Candle was kindle. There after every night an additional candle will be lit. Chabad Lubavitch has designed 2 Beautiful signs wishing the community A Happy Chanukah & stands beautiful displayed on their […]
When Kids Are The Lone Menorah
When they’re a minority in their school, how do these kids celebrate Chanukah? “When I grow up, I’m going to marry Matt. Then we’ll have an Xmas tree in our house,” five-year-old Emma Goodman declared, as her mother, Rebecca, picked her up from school one day in December. Emma, now seven, and her brothers, five-year-old […]
A Menorah Graces Dartmouth Green a Year After Antisemitic Attack
Celebration caps a year of unprecedented Jewish growth at the Ivy League college “They bring the darkness, we bring the light.” That became the motto of the micro-community of Jewish students at Chabad at Dartmouth after last year’s antisemitic attack during Chanukah involving the vandalization of the public menorah on campus. In a senseless act […]
The Supply Chain Snarl That Almost Stole Chanukah
Chabad averts a national menorah shortage amid current shipping crisis A Chanukah without menorahs? It was a disaster waiting to happen. As the national shipping crisis dragged on, with 55 ships dotting the Southern Californian waters waiting to dock at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, everyone from wholesalers to grocery shoppers had been […]
Traditional Meets Unconventional: The World’s First Ever Chile Menorah Inaugurated in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Jewish tradition fuses with authentic New Mexican flavor in the “chile capital of the world” Anyone from New Mexico knows about its chilies — the ubiquitous pepper is a symbol of pride in the region. Rabbi Berel Levertov of the Santa Fe Chabad Jewish Center wanted a menorah that would bring the community together. What […]
At Austin, Texas, Site of Antisemitic Banner, a Pop-up Menorah-Lighting
In a city targeted by neo-Nazis with ‘Vax the Jews’ message, Chabad is undeterred One month after a neo-Nazi group displayed a banner reading “Vax the Jews” from a bridge in Austin, Texas, Chabad-Lubavitch of Austin will be hosting a menorah-lighting and pop-up Chanukah celebration on the second night of the holiday, Monday, Nov. 29, […]
National Menorah in Washington, D.C. Brightens the Nation
It is kindled for 43rd year in outdoor ceremony on White House Ellipse In what many scholars have credited for bringing the message of Chanukah into mainstream American public consciousness, the annual lighting of the National Menorah in Washington, D.C., took place for the 43d year on the first night of Chanukah. “The Ellipse,” just […]
The Power of Giving a Free Chanukia Menorah
‘Let There Be Light’: First Night of Chanukah 2021 in Photos
Menorahs great and small brighten the world “The essential thing is the deed,” wrote the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—in his public Chanukah letter for 1973. “First and foremost must come the practical act, the first mitzvah of [Chanukah] being the lighting of the candles … .” But this act of lighting the […]