Eight days of lighting giant menorahs that brighten the darkness far and wide This year has in many ways been a difficult one for Jews everywhere. From Poway to Paris, from the streets of Brooklyn to this month’s shooting in Jersey City, the specter of anti-Semitism has reared its head. Still, wherever in the world […]
At 100, Vet Who Fought The Nazis Lights Menorah For The First Time
A birthday visit from a rabbi spurs a first for this centenarian The Rostov Jewish community has a long list of the elderly and homebound. Rabbi Chaim Danzinger and a team of volunteers visit those on the list, bringing food, medicine, seasonal and holiday supplies, and much appreciated social interaction. When the rabbi visited Yeffim […]
This Holocaust Survivor Was Alone on Chanukah. Then a Chabad Rabbi Walked Into Her Nursing Home.
It was the third night of Chanukah 2019, in Guelph, Ontario, and Hella Bergeron, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor at a local nursing home, was alone. Then Rabbi Raphi Steiner walked into her room. “Who are you?” she asked him. “I said, ‘I’m a rabbi and I came to celebrate Chanukah with you,’” says Steiner, who […]
Hanukkah in Myanmar – Bringing light to the world
Yehudit and her husband Rabbi Shneur Raitport are the Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Myanmar, who have recently made the country the umpteenth nation in the world where representatives of the Hasidic group are supporting and fostering Jewish life. On Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah, a few dozen people gathered in a garden to light a […]
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Hanukkah Chabad retreat hosts widowed spouses and their kids
A two-night stay in Jerusalem offers support and treats for parents and children A group of 80 families, made up of widowed women and their combined total of 300 children, gathered at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem for two nights over Hanukkah, sponsored by Colel Chabad. The retreats have been happening annually since 2004, and […]
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 […]
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In Historic First, Moroccan Gov. Officials Headline Casablanca Hanukkah Festivities
Furthering Muslim Morocco’s long-standing history of ‘peace and tolerance’ towards Jews History was made in Muslim Morocco on Sunday evening when for the first time ever two prominent government officials attended the Jewish community’s Chanukah festivities. Said Ahmidouch, the wali of Casablanca-Settat region, and Rachid Afirat, the governor of Casablanca-Anfa prefecture, joined more than 800 […]