It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...
“Hanukkah comes at the darkest time of the year,” explained Esther Heber, co-director of Chabad Williamsburg, a Jewish outreach group that has hosted the public menorah lighting since 2021.
Hundreds of Albertans, including politicians of all stripes, gathered at City Hall Monday evening to celebrate the annual menorah lighting event, part of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah that ...