OAKLAND — Vandals on Tuesday night destroyed a large menorah set out for the public at Lake Merritt, and police said they were investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

Polish fringe lawmaker Grzegorz Braun was caught on video brazenly extinguishing candles on a menorah during a Hanukkah celebration for Jewish families at Poland's parliament.

Is it legal to light a menorah with real candles for Hanukkah in NC apartments? What to know By Evan Moore. Updated ... and that it is so large: “It’s visible from space’.

Candles on a large Hanukkah menorah shine in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in 2015. Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hanukkah is not the ...

Hanukkah is officially underway with an enthusiastic kickoff Wednesday night in San Francisco’s Union Square drawing in several hundred to witness the lighting of a three-ton menorah.

Polish leaders joined members of the Jewish community Thursday to celebrate Hanukkah, shortly after fringe lawmaker Grzegorz Braun took a fire extinguisher to the parliamentary menorah.

Thursday evening, about 900 people gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland to light a large Hanukkah menorah and eat the traditional latkes, or potato pancakes, to begin the ...

Albany held its first public Hanukkah celebration on Thursday, ... a special nine-candle menorah. A Place to Sleep, episode 9: ... the large candle in the middle.

Hanukkah festivities begin with candle lighting. December 9, 2012 at 12:24 a.m. | Updated December 9, 2012 at 12:24 a.m.

The menorah also features a ninth candle, the Shamash, used to light the other candles. Because the Hanukkah story involves olive oil, it is customary to eat foods fried in oil, according to ...

The evening of Dec. 25, large crowds are expected in downtown Detroit for Chabad's 14th annual lighting of a tall Hanukkah menorah at Campus Martius on the corner of Cadillac Square and Woodward.

First Posted: 12/8/2012 3d93cc8e415d4a84bf66e0febbbb54a6.jpg (AP) Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the ...