Newton lights first candles on menorah for first night of Hanukkah
This is the fifth time in the past 114 years that Hanukkah has begun on the same day as Christmas. The next time it will happen is 2035.
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This is the fifth time in the past 114 years that Hanukkah has begun on the same day as Christmas. The next time it will happen is 2035.
With just one weekend left until Christmas and Hanukkah, it's the last few days to get those gifts at some holiday markets in Massachusetts! And with Hanukkah starting next week, there's a menorah lighting to check out too.
With just one weekend left until Christmas and Hanukkah, it's the last few days to get those gifts at some holiday markets in Massachusetts! And with Hanukkah starting next week, there's a menorah lighting to check out too.
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The Jewish community send a message of pride in its identity on the first night of Hanukkah.
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"That is why the holiday is with lights, representing the concept that goodness and kindness always will eventually win over cruelty and oppression."
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Community leaders in Brighton honored Rabbi Shlomo Noginski who was attacked in 2021.
Amy Gilligan, the Director of Operations at the popular Zaftigs Delicatessan in Brookline, joined the Morning Mix team to talk about their Hanukkah treats and the roots of the holiday's most popular food.
Medford's mayor has apologized for a public Hanukkah menorah display that many in the Jewish community view as antisemitic.
Festivities took place in Boston as Sunday night marks the beginning of Hanukkah.
Thursday night marks the beginning of the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah, and temples are finding ways to celebrate despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanukkah, the festival of lights, begins with a symbolic flame an the lighting of a menorah. On Sunday in Newton and elsewhere, the local Jewish community came together to show solidarity and strength on the first night of the eight-night holiday.
Gov. Charlie Baker and other top state politicians are planning to join representatives of Massachusetts' Jewish community to light an 18-foot menorah in the Statehouse to mark the beginning of Hanukkah.
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Two Hanukkah menorah lightings have been scheduled in Boston to celebrate the start of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights.
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