hanukkah

Lake Worth neighbors become spirited competitors with holiday displays

This time of year, blow-up Santas inhabit Brian Bury's yard: Santa flying in a UFO, Santa wearing military fatigues, Santa throwing knives to outline a reindeer spinning on a target. Then there's the giant dogs, the unicorn, the menagerie of Disney characters, the tree decked out with lights and ornaments and dozens more Christmas decorations.

Roger Abramson recalls why he created a menorah and dreidel out of seashells 20 years ago and it’s still used to celebrate Hanukkah on Lincoln Road. On Nov. 18, Abramson, 87, climbed on a ladder to fix shells that have fallen off.

Crypto donations, a seashell menorah and dreidel, a congressional candidate’s potentially illegal vote

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

The Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation is now accepting cryptocurrency donations. The artists behind the giant menorah and dreidel on Miami Beach. Plus, did this Republican congressional candidate cast an illegal vote?

Arts & Culture

Festive Favorites: A special latkes recipe, from someone scared by all that oil

Alicia Zuckerman

We revisit one of our festive favorites — when Alicia Zuckerman, then WLRN's editorial director, and her late friend Brett Rothfeld shared their favorite latkes (potato pancakes) recipe.

Public Opinions Toward Local Policing, Hanukkah’s Origins, 'The Man Who Invented Christmas'

Chris Remington

A new survey examined the public's attitudes toward policing in Miami-Dade. Avi Hoffman discusses the cultural traditions and history behind Hanukkah. And a new virtual production of "The Man Who Invented Christmas."

Public Opinions Toward Local Policing, Hanukkah’s Origins, 'The Man Who Invented Christmas'

Chris Remington

A new survey examined the public's attitudes toward policing in Miami-Dade. Avi Hoffman discusses the cultural traditions and history behind Hanukkah. And a new virtual production of "The Man Who Invented Christmas."

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York.

Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'

James Doubek

A man stabbed people celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi in Rockland County, a New York City suburb, on Saturday night. The incident comes amid a surge of anti-Semitic violence in the region.

Rocker Rabbis And Lego Menorahs Make For A Lively Second Night of Hanukkah in Boca Raton

An electric guitar rang out across the amphitheater of the Boca Center shopping complex Monday night as members of southern Palm Beach County’s Jewish…

Façade of Chicago's first and only Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar in Wrigleyville.

In Chicago, Hanukkah Now Has Its Own Pop-Up Bar Experience

Michel Martin

The two creators of the new Hanukkah-themed bar saw a void in the pop-up scene. Neither is Jewish, but they did enough research to be able to serve up matzo ball soup, latkes, and boozy jelly donuts.

Tree Lightings, Parades And Sufganiyot, Oh My! A Roundup Of Palm Beach County's Holiday Celebrations

See something we missed? Let us know! Email Palm Beach County reporter Madeline Fox.Saturday, November 30thDowntown Abacoa hosts Jupiter’s Holiday Block…

'Light Overpowers Darkness': As Hanukkah Ends, Members Of Miami's Jewish Community Push Past Tragedy

The smell of steaming jelly doughnuts fried in oil carried through Lincoln Road on Sunday, the eighth and final night of Hanukkah festivities on Miami…

A relief under Rome's Arch of Titus, built in the first century, shows a menorah being taken away from the Temple in Jerusalem.

Catholic News Service's Hanukkah Tweet Shows Ancient Jewish Temple's Destruction

Laurel Wamsley

A relief showed Roman soldiers carrying the spoils of the war, including a menorah from the destroyed ancient Temple of Jerusalem. Observers noted the problematic image.

At Congregation Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh, families across the Jewish community will gather at the annual "Latkepalooza" to mark their first Hanukkuh since the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in October.

A Grieving Pittsburgh Focuses On Community And Light In Hanukkah Celebrations

Virginia Alvino Young

Jewish families are grappling with how to celebrate the first major Jewish holiday since 11 people were killed in October's shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.