hanukkah

5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews

A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America.

Lighting of the largest menorah in Mississippi

Sunday, December 2nd marked the first day of Hanukkah. Celebrations of the Jewish holiday have begun across the Coast and now everyone will have the opportunity to be part of lighting the largest menorah in Mississippi. It will take place…

Hanukkah Begins

People of the Jewish faith will start their festivities tonight as Hanukkah begins. The eight-day Jewish celebration honors "the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem." Perhaps the most well-known Hanukkah tradition is the lighting of the menorah which has…

Lighting the Largest Menorah in Mississippi

Another Christmas might have come and gone, but it’s still the holiday season. The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah lasts for eight days each year. The Chabad of South Mississippi hosted the lighting of the state’s largest menorah at Edgewater Mall,…

Menorah Lighting Ceremony

One Coast Jewish organization is inviting everyone out to a special Hanukkah celebration in Biloxi. News 25’s Hank Davis joins us from Edgewater Mall where the Chabad of South Mississippi is set to host a menorah lighting ceremony.