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National Menorah is lit in front of the White House Posted: December 25, 2024 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 On Dec. 25 a ceremony to light the National Menorah takes place on the National Mall to ...

So being able to come here to an open space is really black and white pretty much.” Before the lighting, Abadi said he was looking forward to meeting other members of his community.

The White House is looking for menorahs with unique stories for its Hanukkah celebration this year. Matt Nosanchuk, the White House liaison to the Jewish community, on Nov. 11 posted an entry on ...

JUNO BEACH — A sand-sculpted menorah stood tall for five days by the Juno Beach Pier as a representation of goodness and light to the Jewish community. Then a vandal destroyed it and defaced it ...

"Each detail was carefully crafted by the White House carpenters with wood recovered from the foundation of the White House. Its beauty reminds us of the Hanukkah miracle and the joy it inspired ...

The mayor of Oakland, California, is demanding a hate crime investigation after a large public menorah was vandalized and destroyed – with pieces of it thrown into Lake Merritt as Jewish ...

A Hanukkah menorah wasn’t lit inside the U.S. White House until 2001, per this historical-leaning work’s back matter, during the first of ceremonies that employed borrowed menorahs until 2022.