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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

menorahs

Rare, 1,700-year-old oil lamp with Temple menorah decoration found in Jerusalem, in an image released on December 26, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 26, 2024, 11:02 am
Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem
Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives, will go on display in Jerusalem
By Gavriel Fiske
A Hanukkah menorah is seen lit with a Christmas tree in the background. (Photovs/iStock)
December 21, 2024, 6:13 am
This year’s Hanukkah-Christmas convergence renews dilemmas for interfaith families
As they prepare to celebrate ‘Chrismukkah’ next week, US Jewish-Christian households find personalized ways to honor both spouses’ traditions
By jacob gurvis
A collection of hanukkiot, Hanukkah candelabras, in the collection of Yad Vashem, including one dedicated on June 26, 2024 (Courtesy)
June 27, 2024, 2:05 pm
Family menorah saved from Holocaust is donated to Yad Vashem
Kafka family’s Hanukkah candelabra was hidden in Poland, then Finland; now resides in Jerusalem Holocaust museum’s new collection center
By Jessica Steinberg
Moshe Turk of the Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland looks at a damaged menorah at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, California, December 13, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images via JTA)
December 15, 2023, 3:29 pm
Menorahs across the US vandalized as Jews celebrate Hanukkah amid antisemitism spike
The damage comes as Jewish communities are on high alert due to rise in hate crimes around the globe after the Hamas Oct. 7 atrocities sparked the ongoing war in Gaza
By jacob gurvis
A family member whose father was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, holds a menorah as he searches in the rubble of his home for memories, in Kibbutz Be’eri, November 30, 2023. (Chen Schimmel/Flash90)
December 14, 2023, 4:55 pm
From Be’eri to DC, menorahs retrieved from the Oct. 7 wreckage light up for Hanukkah
In the wake of the massacre, the war it launched and a rise in antisemitism, these candelabras lit in Israel, NYC’s Gracie Mansion and the White House have a special significance
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaks next to Rabbi Levi Shemtov, during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, December 7, 2023, on the ellipse of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 8, 2023, 9:46 pm
Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff have 3 menorahs, representing Jewish joy and trauma
With one pre-WWII candelabra, one designed by Holocaust survivor Erwin Thieberger and one on loan from the Tree of Life Synagogue, triumph and tragedy are represented together
By Ron Kampeas
Jack Kulbersh lights a menorah (Courtesy: Project Menorah)
December 7, 2023, 8:18 pm
Dad launches ‘Project Menorah’ to support Jews fearful of displaying Hanukkah lights
To combat antisemitism, a Los Angeles-based grassroots initiative invites the non-Jewish public to print and display images of menorahs for passersby to see during the festival
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, lights a menorah during a public Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting ceremony in South Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)
December 5, 2023, 8:21 am
Reported cancellation of Virginia menorah lighting draws rebuke from governor
Art festival founder says Hanukkah ceremony could be seen as choosing sides in Israel-Hamas war; organizers say lighting also rejected to keep art festival event religion-free
By AP and ToI Staff
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represent just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Philissa Cramer/ JTA)
December 23, 2022, 2:32 am
The US Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?
Unlike years past, retail giants are now dedicating entire aisles to dreidel-shaped pet toys and latke onesies – but critics note that it’s a business strategy, not inclusiveness
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Yehuda Mansbach, a relative of the Posner family, reacts after lighting a candle on the menorah that the family rescued from Germany, during Hanukkah celebration at the Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin, December 19, 2022. (John MacDougall/AFP)
December 20, 2022, 6:44 am
Iconic menorah from photo with Nazi flag lit at Hanukkah event in Berlin
German president hosts grandchildren of woman who took 1931 photograph in Kiel, one of whom weeps openly after lighting menorah
By AFP
A screenshot from surveillance video shows a man vandalizing a menorah in the Southern California city of Beverly Hills, December 18, 2022. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 20, 2022, 3:50 am
Man arrested for carving Nazi symbols into Beverly Hills menorah
Surveillance video also shows suspect hurling objects at menorah on first night of Hanukkah; local police chief denounces ‘despicable act’
By AP and ToI Staff
The iconic photo of a Hanukkah menorah with Nazi flags waving across the road, taken by Rachel Posner, wife of then-Kiel Rabbi Akiva Posner, in Kiel, Germany, 1931. (Courtesy)
December 18, 2022, 7:34 pm
Menorah from iconic photo with Nazi flag to be lit at Berlin Hanukkah ceremony
Candle-lighting event will be held with photographer’s grandchildren and German president on second night of holiday, 90 years after family fled looming genocide
By Michael Horovitz
Shel Lyons, a parent at Carmel River School in northern California, sued the school December 7, 2021, after it refused to allow an inflatable menorah (left) at an event centered around the school's 'holiday tree' (right). The lawsuit was quickly dismissed. (J. The Jewish News of Northern California/ via JTA)
December 21, 2021, 2:17 am
Christmas tree, huge menorah ignite latest fight over holidays in US public schools
A Jewish parent has filed and withdrawn a lawsuit against a California academy after it denied her request to bring a 6-foot-tall inflatable hanukkiah to a tree-lighting ceremony
By Gabe Stutman
A picture of a menorah intended to explain the object's symbolism was actually a Messianic image in which the menorah's branches were described as symbolizing the 'cross' and 'resurrection.' (Screenshot from Facebook/ via JTA)
December 7, 2021, 3:41 am
Massachusetts town apologizes after using Christian menorah photo in holiday display
In a Boston suburb that recently began taking steps to make Jewish residents feel more accepted, some say the slip-up wouldn’t have occurred if their community had been consulted
By PHILISSA CRAMER
The Liberace-style menorah of Amsterdam in a warehouse during its construction in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, Dec. 3, 2021. (Barry Mehler via JTA)
December 4, 2021, 12:38 am
Amsterdam gets Liberace-inspired menorah for Hanukkah concert
Modernized interpretation of culturally significant object, with hundreds of thousands of rhinestones, will get screen debut during online event
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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