To celebrate the second full day of Hanukkah a Menorah lighting ceremony was held in Rochester City Hall’s atrium Friday. Mayor Malik Evans joined Rabbi Vogel for the annual tradition celebrating the Jewish community here in Rochester,

The first night of Hanukkah was a joyous one in Brooklyn, as hundreds of people from all over the country gathered to light the borough’s largest menorah in Grand Army Plaza. It was a cold night, said Rabbi Shimon Hecht of Congregation B’Nai Jacob in Park Slope,

Among those who helped light a towering menorah in west Little Rock on Thursday were former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rabbi Pinchus Ciment, who portrayed the nominee for the United States' ambassador to Israel as a trustworthy ally and exemplary leader: "Your strong support of our people and the country of Israel,