(JTA) — From Who-ville to Schmoozeville, and from island getaways to cozy homes, this year’s crop of Chanukah books for kids of all ages take families on journeys to imaginative settings, some familiar from the pantheon of...
The name of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation literally means “a new song,” a reference to when the two former Chevra Thilim and Tikvat Shalom congregations merged nearly a quarter of a century ago.
The Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana organization moved its annual Chanukah event to the Uptown Jewish Community Center on Thursday evening, December 26, with a large crowd and several officials on hand representing the local Jewish community and the greater New Orleans...
My father, of blessed memory, fondly recalled his childhood celebrations of Chanukah. He would receive a gift from his parents only on the fifth night of the holiday. Throughout his long life, he approached “the...
The Chabad-Lubavitch of Louisiana annual event, held at the Riverwalk in the most recent past, is going to be held at the Bart Field of the Jewish Community Center this year due to the unavailability of the Riverwalk complex during...
(JTA) — Games of dreidel and the consumption of potato latkes and jelly donuts might obscure the deeper meanings of Chanukah that Americans — Jews and non-Jews — need this year more than ever before....
Chanukah came almost a week early to the Uptown Jewish Community Center. While the first night of Chanukah will be celebrated officially on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 25, there is, of course, another religious holiday being...
To truly fulfill the mitzvah of Chanukah, we must put the Chanukah menorah near our windows for everyone to see. Well…nobody fulfilled this mitzah like Jasmin Moghbeli. She was on the International Space Station during Chanukah...
WARSAW, Poland – After a disruption at its 17th annual Chanukah menorah lighting at the Polish Parliament building (the Sejm) by parliamentarian Grzegorz Braun on Tuesday night, Chabad of Poland returned to the parliament building to light new...
