In the aftermath of a mass stabbing in a New York suburb Saturday and a string of other attacks in recent weeks targeting the state’s Jewish community, officials are calling for more protection. Grafton Thomas allegedly stabbed five people who had gathered in a rabbi’s home in Rockland County for a Hanukkah celebration — adding […]
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The man accused of of using a machete to wound five people at a Hanukkah celebration now faces hate crime charges after authorities discovered anti-Semitic journal entries. Grafton Thomas had already pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder after the Saturday night attack in Monsey, New York. But on Monday, federal authorities also […]
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Millions of menorahs worldwide light up on the first day of Hanukkah, while in the Coachella Valley the community welcomed the holiday by kindling a nine-foot Hanukkah Menorah at the River in Rancho Mirage with old and new traditions. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem, Jewish soldiers fought for their beliefs […]
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It seems every celebration has traditional dishes that make it more special and in the case of Hankkah it’s no different. “A lot of people love them because of the Jewish tradition,” says Cliff Sesler, of Manhattan in the Desert. Because the holiday commemorates a miracle of a day’s supply of oil that burned for […]
