Chabad of Forsyth and Congregation Beth Israel formally invites all members of the community, from all backgrounds and all walks of life, to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony and celebration for its new Jewish Community Center and synagogue campus.

When Harold Juter died three years ago, his family decided to honor him by fulfilling one of his dreams to help find a Torah scroll for a Jewish community.

President Jimmy Carter put on a dark overcoat on the evening of Dec. 17, 1979, walked across Pennsylvania Avenue and arrived at Lafayette Square to perform an act no president had ever publicly done.

As Hanukkah begins, dozens of vehicles adorned with menorahs are set to roll in the 18th annual Chanukah Parade from southwest Houston this evening.

As soon as the pandemic hit in March, Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort knew the way he’d done things for years would have to be different at the synagogue he leads, Chabad at La Costa in Carlsbad.

How many rabbis and mayors does it take to light a candle? Rabbi Moishe Gurevitz posed the question Thursday night after darkness nearly prevailed over the Menorah outside Morristown town hall.

The nights may be getting longer, but they are also about to get a whole lot brighter.

In the darkest season, the Festival of Lights serves to reignite the local Jewish community.

‘I’m pleased that we are still able to continue the tradition of hosting a menorah and celebrating the huge role the Jewish community play in the capital’

A menorah lighting event at Strawbery Banke on Sunday, also allowed participants an afternoon of ice skating with a dreidel. For the second year, Rabbi Berel Slavaticki of the University of New Hampshire and the Seacoast Chabad Jewish Center held the event to celebrate Hanukkah. And, yes, there was a smiling, dancing, skating, life-sized dreidel.

A dancing dreidel was spotted Sunday outside a Chanukah pop-up store in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, right next to the Wieners Circle.