New York City To Celebrate Chanukah With Lighting Of 32-Foot-Tall Menorah
New York City was set to start the celebration of Chanukah Saturday evening with the ceremonial lighting of a 32-foot-tall memorial at the southeast edge of Central Park.
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New York City was set to start the celebration of Chanukah Saturday evening with the ceremonial lighting of a 32-foot-tall memorial at the southeast edge of Central Park.
At Bethel Nursery School, the kids are learning all about Chanukah, which marks the Jewish people's struggle for religious freedom.
The festivities of Chanukah include eating potato latkes, also known as delicious potato pancakes. We've taste-tested the best latkes in New York City for the holiday. Here's where to find them.
Hanukkah is coming up -- the first night of the holiday is December 8. Reality television star and co-author of Secrets of a Jewish Mother, Jill Zarin, stopped by The Couch to share her family recipe for potato pancakes.
With the holidays right around the corner, there is a goal on Staten Island to have the biggest toy drive that New York has ever seen.
Burton Radish said he couldn't believe what found on his front lawn on Tuesday morning. He was referring to what was left of a menorah that stood approximately 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide.
Police in New Jersey are looking for the vandals who painted swastikas outside of synagogues in Hackensack and Maywood.
The festival of lights began at sundown, and is observed for eight nights. It commemorates the rededication of the holy temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd Century.
Picture day with Santa is a long-standing tradition at Calabro Elementary School. But this year, one parent, who is Jewish, pointed out other traditions weren't being represented. She complained -- and Santa was shown the door.
The festival of lights begins at sundown, and is observed for eight nights.
From Kwanzaa celebrations at the American Museum of Natural History to the Three Kings Parade in East Harlem, there's more to New York City than the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree this holiday season.
In modern times, people celebrate Chanukah by lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel for gelt and eating oil-rich foods such as potato pancakes—also known as latkes. Here are 4 ways you can celebrate Chanukah in New York City.
At the St. George Staten Island Ferry Terminal, not a Christmas tree nor menorah nor nativity scene can be seen. You would never know it's the holiday season.
The Anti-Defamation League called the ad "crude and offensive," and in a press release said it "reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes."
With November upon us, the indulgent holiday eating season will be here faster than you can say "New Year's Resolutions." But don't count your calories just yet.
The Maccabeats, an a capella singing group from Yeshiva University, have a Hanukkah hit on their hands. The video has gotten well over 2 million views since its release about a week and a half ago.
Winds whipped across the Tri-State on Wednesday as the region wrestled with a day of heavy rain and severe weather that knocked out power and slowed commuters.
The students decided to break the Guinness World Record for most dreidels spun at the same time.
