Throughout Sunday and Monday, some Michigan State University students got a special delivery for Hanukkah from the Chabad Student Center.

A Manhattan doctor who cared for hundreds of COVID-19 patients during the pandemic will light the Grand Army Plaza menorah on Tuesday.

Law enforcement officials in Kentucky are investigating a possible anti-Semitic assault, after witnesses claim someone grabbed a Jewish man and dragged him with their car at a menorah lighting ceremony.

Dozens of vehicles were in attendance to view illusionist Ilan Smith, a live performance by the Cleveland Ballet Company and a menorah lighting started by Woodmere Mayor Ben Holbert – all of which were broadcast onto a large television screen and radio station for everyone to enjoy without leaving their cars.

It’s a festival commemorating the re-dedication of the second temple in Jerusalem, and this year was a first-of-its-kind celebration for the Coulee Region.

It was the fifth night of the “Festival of Lights” in Yelm City Park, and even with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic threatening holiday celebrations, the festivities — with people either together or apart — went on.

During an unprecedented year, Chabad of Penn State is set to hold a unique Hanukkah celebration.

For Rabbi Mendel Blecher and the wider Jewish community in The Woodlands, hosting the annual Lighting of the Menorah has even more importance this year, one marked by unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events held by the Chabad Jewish Center have made the Chanukah even more special, and on the last night of Chanukah, they will be holding a Menorah lighting at Publix.

Pandemic or no, the annual lighting of the Hanukkah menorah in Campus Martius — the “Menorah in the D,” as it’s known — will still go on, though this year most people will participate virtually.

For Rabbi Dovid Mintz, of the Jewish Community Center Chabad of Vail, Hanukkah is about spreading faith and light every year. That constant desire to persevere forward despite adversity is what keeps him going every day, but it’s been especially relevant this year.

The ceremony will begin the eight-day celebration of the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting. The menorah holds nine flames, one of which is the shamash (attendant), which is used to kindle the other eight lights.