Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a circular border. A remarkably rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant bearing a seven ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

A rabbi has urged his community to "stand strong" in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack. Eliezer Tunk said 200 people went to Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, for a menorah lighting ceremony, which marked ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — December 25 is the first day of Hanukkah in 2024, and southeast Idaho’s Jewish community held a third annual Hanukkah celebration in Idaho Falls. A menorah was lit during ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — Representatives of Montana’s Jewish community gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday ...

(CBS DETROIT) — It's the first time since 2005 that the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, and there were celebrations all throughout the area. For over a decade, Metro Detroit's Jewish ...

BOISE, Idaho — "This year, we are celebrating Hanukkah with even more joy," said Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho and Rabbi at its Chabad Jewish Center in Boise said in a ...

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A remarkably rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant bearing a seven-branched menorah has been uncovered in Jerusalem, shedding new light on Jewish presence in the city during a period when imperial ...