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BUSINESS
Shopping Malls Around the World Get Into Chanukah Spirit
Dec 21, 2011 6:00 PM
Still looking for a Chanukah menorah lighting nearby? Thanks to the efforts of an Australian rabbi and one of the world’s largest collection of shopping malls, there might be one outside a department store near you. |
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White House Official Lights National Menorah
Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM
As he did last year, Jacob Lew, who as director of the Office of Management and Budget is the highest-ranking Jewish official in the Obama administration, ushered in the eight-day holiday of Chanukah Tuesday night by lighting the National Menorah. (Photos: Baruch Ezagui) |
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EUROPE
City of Berlin, Once the Seat of Anti-Semitism, Embraces Chanukah Menorah
Dec 21, 2011 1:45 PM
Thousands of people throughout Germany welcomed the first night of Chanukah Tuesday, with an estimated 900 celebrants turning out for the evening’s biggest menorah lighting at the Brandenburg Gate. |
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EUROPE
Chanukah Lights Shine at Site of Nazis’ Torch-Lit Parade
Dec 19, 2011 5:15 PM
Jews throughout Germany are getting ready to light their menorahs for the upcoming Chanukah holiday, spreading light in a land that a mere two generations ago was the ultimate symbol of fear and darkness. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Worldwide Parties Celebrate Eight Nights of Lights
Dec 19, 2011 12:20 PM
Jordana Raban loves that there are giant holiday symbols standing tall in Basking Ridge, N.J. From the huge Chanukah menorah to what some say is the world’s biggest dreidel, it makes her proud to drive by and see it all. |
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Australian Parliamentarians Celebrate Chanukah Before Recess
Dec 13, 2011 5:30 PM
Among their last acts before their scheduled winter break, legislators in the Parliament of New South Wales hosted a public Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony with leaders from the Jewish Board of Deputies and Rabbi Pinchus Feldman of Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Candles Burn Bright, Even According to Campus Safety Regulations
Dec 13, 2010 3:00 PM
Given its placement on the academic calendar, this Chanukah was the first in a long time that college students en masse sought to light their menorahs on school grounds. Chabad Houses across the country, in turn, bolstered their long-standing effort to ensure that any student who chose to light a menorah would be able to do so. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Ambassadors, Chocolate and Sun-seeking Tourists: Chanukah Around the World
Dec 12, 2010 4:30 PM
Chabad-Lubavitch centers stretching from Smolensk, Russia to Vancouver, Canada, hosted more than 15,000 Chanukah events this year. Taking place in 75 countries, the public menorah lightings, holiday carnivals and Chanukah parties served hundreds of thousands of people. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
A Sheriff, a Fire Engine, and a Flower Menorah: Chanukah Across the United States
Dec 12, 2010 3:00 PM
Across the United States, public officials joined tens of thousands of their Jewish constituents to celebrate the eight-day holiday of Chanukah. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Canadian Prime Minister Hosts First-Ever Chanukah Party at Ottawa Residence
Dec 10, 2010 10:00 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made history this month by hosting a Chanukah celebration at his official residence in Ottawa. It was the first time since Canada’s founding that its prime minister brought the holiday to his private chambers. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Chanukah Celebration Bathes Mumbai’s Gateway to India in Light
Dec 10, 2010 8:30 AM
Mumbai, India’s Jewish community celebrated Chanukah with increased vigor, continuing a tradition begun by the slain directors of the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center by lighting a towering menorah at the Gateway to India monument. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Texas Governor Welcomes Rabbinical Delegation to Capitol Office
Dec 10, 2010 7:00 AM
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from across the Lone Star State celebrated Chanukah with Texas Gov. Rick Perry at a private ceremony in the governor’s office at the capitol in Austin. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Metro Denver Sees Public Menorah Lighting in a New Location
Dec 9, 2010 3:00 PM
Chabad-Lubavitch of Northwest Metro Denver inaugurated a new location for a public Chanukah menorah lighting this year, welcoming about 200 people to Arvada, Colo.’s Olde Town Square for a holiday party and lighting of a towering eight-foot candelabra. (Photos: Howard Grapek) |
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NORTH AMERICA
College Presidents Contribute to Campuses’ Chanukah Enthusiasm
Dec 9, 2010 11:30 AM
When the six-foot-tall Chanukah menorah belonging to the Tannenbaum Chabad House at Northwestern University was found vandalized, locals looked at the religious symbol – its bulbs broken, its branches smashed – as indicative of an undercurrent of anti-Semitism piercing the peace of their college town. Such fears, however, were put to rest when, on the first night of Chanukah, university president Morton Schapiro flipped a switch to light the candelabra. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Arizona Governor Celebrates Return of Chanukah Menorah to State Capitol
Dec 9, 2010 10:00 AM
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer celebrated the return of a Chanukah menorah to the state capitol in Phoenix, joining a delegation from area synagogues in lighting the eight-branched candelabra that Chabad-Lubavitch of Arizona erected at Wesley Bolin Plaza. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Chanukah Menorah Spreads Light at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate
Dec 8, 2010 3:30 PM
More than 800 people gathered at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the eight-day Jewish holiday of Chanukah and the resurgence of Jewish life in Germany. |
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NORTH AMERICA
With Santa Fe Watching, Holocaust Survivor Lights Towering Chanukah Menorah
Dec 8, 2010 12:30 PM
Gunther Aron stood proudly beside the giant Chanukah menorah in Santa Fe, N.M. With hundreds of people, a mixture of Jewish residents, Mayor David Coss and other city officials, and staff members of the local Chabad-Lubavitch center, looking on, he made the traditional blessings and lit the candles corresponding to the fifth night of the Festival of Lights. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Car Menorah Parade Kicks Off Chanukah Festivities
Dec 8, 2010 9:30 AM
Jewish residents of Commack, N.Y., kicked off Chanukah festivities with a grand menorah parade organized by Chabad-Lubavitch of Mid Suffolk. (Photos: Joel Blitzer) |
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PHOTO GALLERY
Fried Donuts Give Israelis in Vietnam a Little Taste of Home
Dec 7, 2010 5:00 PM
An Israeli Chanukah celebration would not be complete without the traditional jelly-filled fried donut, but until recently, Israeli backpackers in Vietnam went without the oily, sugary concoction. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Fraternity’s Partnership With Chabad on Campus Facilitates Chanukah Parties
Dec 7, 2010 3:30 PM
Every Chanukah, college students around the world can count on their campus Chabad House to electrify the holiday with menorah lighting ceremonies, parties and dreidel spinning contests, galore. |
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