The importance of these artifacts transcends history or archaeology. Their captivity in gentile hands, if that is still the ...

Learn more Gathering around the table to light the menorah and sing the blessings has always been one of my favorite family Hanukkah memories, as my dad would bellow into a raucous (and full ...

And perhaps the most widely recognized symbol, by Jews and non-Jews alike, of God’s miraculous favor in the midst of persecution is the Hanukkah menorah. Like many other religious symbols ...

This year the Yom HaShoah commemoration will take place at 3 p.m. April 27 at Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennet Valley ...

Kabbalah intertwines with Greek philosophy, from Neoplatonism to Pythagorean symbols, shaping Jewish mystical thought.

The lamp was decorated with the image of a menorah and a lulav, or a palm branch associated with the Jewish holiday of Sukkot – and the combination of all the above discoveries pointed to the ...

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...

The Jewish festival of lights is a time for observers ... The holiday is marked by the lighting of the menorah – a nine-point candelabra with a new flame ignited each night – along with ...