The reason, by the way, that I didn’t really pay attention to the words all those years is because the melody is just so beautiful that I didn’t really care that I didn’t understand the words.

A gathering to mark the “Festival of Lights” lit up Fifth Street on Tuesday as dozens gathered to light a menorah and catch gelt from Loveland Fire Rescue Authority’s tower crane engine ...

Hot chocolate, donuts, fire dancing, latkes, a gelt drop and of course the lighting of a candle marked the public Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony in downtown Skokie Dec. 26, but a local rabbi sa… ...

A surfboard menorah was lit at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 29, representing the fifth night of Hanukkah and a public statement of Jewish pride and perseverance in the face of many challenges.

Starting on Dec. 25 and going until Jan. 2, some Jewish people in West Michigan will be celebrating Hanukkah beside a 20-foot menorah in Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids. Hanukkah celebrates ...

Hanukkah gelt, which are gold-covered chocolate coins, are attached to parachutes and released by a firefighter from the top of an aerial ladder on a firetruck Thursday at city hall in Columbia.

There is an array of activities in Howard County to help celebrate Hanukkah, including a car menorah parade, Chanukah on Ice, latke party.

WASHINGTON — Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah — at these 9 events. The Festival of Lights begins Wednesday night, and there are lots of events people can head to, have a party ...

–Menorah Lighting and Chanukah Gelt Drop: Chabad of Toluca Lake presents the event that includes latkes and doughnuts, live music and the “gelt drop,” 3:30 p.m. Dec. 29.

The event will include food, music, speeches, and a gelt and menorah drop where Poudre Fire Authority firefighters drop small parachutes affixed to dreidels, menorahs and chocolate coins from a ...

Local celebrations include menorah lightings and get-togethers where you can enjoy latkes, doughnuts and lots and lots of gelt (chocolate coins).

Each of the menorah lightings will include donuts, music, chocolate gelt, dreidels, menorah kits and more. They are open at all.