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Havre de Grace menorah lighting marks last night of Hanukkah
A cold December night was no match for the glow from the menorah outside Temple Adas Shalom in Havre de Grace, where a crowd gathered to celebrate the eighth and final night of Hanukkah on Saturday. The synagogue's first public menorah-lighting event...Tags: Port Deposit, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Ritual and Sacred Objects, Religious Festivals
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Jewish community comes together to celebrate Hanukkah
Bel Air's Jewish community and friends came together Sunday evening to light the menorah and celebrate the second night of Hanukkah. It was a celebration inside the Bel Air Reckord Armory on Main Street, with about 60 people drinking hot apple cider,...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Customs and Tradition, Christianity, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Ritual and Sacred Objects
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Editorial: A few thoughts for the holiday season
In announcing her congregation's decision this year to have a public menorah lighting celebration to mark the Hanukkah season, Rabbi Gila Ruskin made a key observation that is a painful reminder of the not-so-distant past. "Some of the old-timers in the...Tags: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), U.S. Supreme Court, Ritual and Sacred Objects, Holidays
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Hanukkah menorah lightings planned in Bel Air, Havre de Grace
This year is bringing not just one but two public menorah lightings, in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, to Harford County. Temple Adas Shalom in Havre de Grace decided to hold its own menorah lighting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15, the last night...Tags: Harford County, Havre de Grace, Religious Festivals, Customs and Tradition, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Menorah collections bring light to homes
Next Saturday, the Baker family home will be full of light.
On the first night of Hanukkah, the Bakers — Liz, Steve, and 7-year-old Matthew — will celebrate by lighting several menorahs in their home and in the Hampden studio where Steve...Tags: Ritual and Sacred Objects, Religious Festivals, eBay Inc., Holidays, Judaism
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Occupy Baltimore seeks new goals after eviction
Downtown businesses — and even some Occupy Baltimore activists themselves — breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday that city officials cleared the encampment that the group had set up near the Inner Harbor as part of a national protest against...Tags: Homelessness, Riots, Sales, Government, Charles Village
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Baltimore officials kept close eye on Occupy
Brian C. Rogers, chairman of the Baltimore-based money management giant T. Rowe Price, works in the corporate office high-rise towering over an Inner Harbor park. And for weeks, the company overlooked a group of protesters beating drums, pitching tents...Tags: AFL-CIO, Local Government, Judges, Twitter, Inc., Government
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Bel Air planning ceremony Dec. 20 for Hanukkah
Bel Air will have a public menorah lighting ceremony this year at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah Thursday, Dec. 20. As was the case last year, the ceremony will take place, rain or shine, in Shamrock Park at the corner of Lee Way and Hickory...Tags: Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Ritual and Sacred Objects, Judaism, Hanukkah
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Congregation to discuss how Jews stay jolly at Christmas time
When Rabbi Susan Grossman's son was much younger, he noticed that a movie theater had put up a large Christmas tree and a comparably little menorah.
"He turned to me and said, 'How come the tree is so big, and how come the menorah is so small?' "...Tags: Larry Cohen, Religious Festivals, New York City, Passover, The Happiest News!
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Menorah lighting in Bel Air celebrates start of Hanukkah
For the second year, Harford County residents came out to Shamrock Park in Bel Air to mark the first night of Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish holiday, with a public menorah lighting.
More than 100 people filled the park at sundown Tuesday for the festive...Tags: The Happiest News!, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Ritual and Sacred Objects, Religious Festivals
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Mayor to light 15-foot-tall menorah tonight at Universal CityWalk
L.A. NOWA 15-foot, 1,000-pound menorah will be lighted Sunday night at Universal CityWalk in what is billed as one of Southern California’s largest Hanukkah celebrations.... -
'Miracle of lights'
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrated without tinsel. There are no bright lights, no Santa Claus, no commercialism. In area homes, the lighting of the menorah's first candle took place on the first day of Hanukkah, Saturday, with prayers and blessing....Tags: Ritual and Sacred Objects, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Judaism, Israel
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