Last week, a group of Howard County officials and I put up a menorah display in Cooksville, Maryland. Standing in front of the Gary Arthur Community Center, this nine-foot-tall menorah will be lit ...

Montgomery County police are investigating a report of vandalism after a Jewish center’s 9-foot metal menorah was found on the ground on the first night of Hanukkah.

The menorah symbolizes the religious celebration of Jews who returned to the destroyed temple in ancient Jerusalem and found a candelabra whose oil was supposed to burn for a short time, perhaps ...

This year's menorah lighting will be on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m. at Campus Martius. This year's featured lamplighter is Ryan Turell, a Motor City Cruise player.

However, the capital features an eight-branched candelabrum in its upper section, resembling a schematic menorah, which is unusual as no evidence of an ancient synagogue was found at the site.

The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.

A Menorah, or Chanukiah, has nine branches, eight of which represent the eight nights of Hanukkah. The candelabra also pays a tribute to the Menorah inside the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, which ...

NEW YORK (TND) — The world's biggest menorah stands more than 30-feet tall in New York. The massive multibranched candelabra was lit during the festival of lights at Grand Army Plaza in ...

An ancient coin from around 40 BCE with the oldest known depiction of a Temple Menorah will be displayed at the newly renovated Davidson Center in Jerusalem, which will open to the public on March ...

The oversized menorah in the Pennsylvania Capitol was officially lit Thursday evening as the second night of Hanukkah began.

Wednesday night marked the fifth time since 1910 that the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah started at sundown on Christmas Day.

This year, to celebrate the ancient Jewish festival of lights, the White House added a menorah to its holiday lineup for the first time. The nine-pronged candelabra was created by the Executive ...