(JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world. But he’s not allowed to call it that anymore. By decree of a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical court, Hecht must cede the title of “World’s Largest Menorah” to another candelabra, this one also erected…
A menorah outside the Chabad house at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was vandalized for the third time in 10 months. The vandalism took place early Sunday morning outside the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, a surveillance video released by the University of Illinois Police Department shows, the Daily Illini student newspaper reported. The…
New York City cops have reportedly arrested a 14-year-old boy for knocking over a 100-pound menorah at Carl Schurz park, two blocks from the mayor’s Gracie Mansion home. Police charged the teen with two counts of criminal mischief and a hate crime, The teen was arrested Friday evening by the Hate Crimes Task Force after…
Government officials in the heavily Orthodox town of Lakewood, New Jersey removed a Hanukkah menorah from the town square while allowing a Christmas tree to remain. The decision to remove the menorah, which the township has displayed alongside a Christmas tree for decades, came after a resident threatened to sue, The Associated Press reported, citing…
The chief rabbi of the Netherlands lit what he said is Europe’s largest kosher menorah, which was built for the Jewish community by Zionist Christians. Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs lit the second candle of Hanukkah on menorah opposite town hall in the southern city of Maastricht on Tuesday, he wrote in a blog post for the…
“It was like, 45,000 Legos,” said Mike Lavi, estimating the number of pieces making up the 16-foot, 3-inches tall Lego menorah currently on display at Fort Worth’s Congregation Ahavath Sholom. Lavi, who designed the menorah, provided that estimate in a video produced by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram showing highlights of the menorah’s assembly. After Ahavath…
(JTA) — Another Hanukkah season means another chance to impress with a creative menorah choice. Here are eight of the most inventive menorahs we’ve spotted this year. Buy one as a gift — or buy each of them for yourself and you’ll guarantee your Festival of Lights will consist of eight memorable nights. 1) The…
The White House is looking for menorahs with unique stories for its Hanukkah celebration this year. Matt Nosanchuk, the White House liaison to the Jewish community, on Nov. 11 posted an entry on the White House website soliciting ideas for menorahs, noting it was the first time that the White House was issuing such an…
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