Hanukkah (alternately written as Chanukkah/Chanukah) is an eight-day, wintertime festival of lights, observed by Jewish People all around the world. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple (Second Temple) at the beginning of the Jewish Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire during the 2nd Century BC. Credit: Pexels Celebrating Hanukkah commonly involves lighting the … Continue reading Hanukkah Happenings Throughout the Delmar Region
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Celebrate Hanukkah with a Party at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History
While Hanukkah this year officially begins at sundown on December 25, the celebrations and festivities are getting underway a little earlier at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History in D.C. In fact, the fun is set to begin tomorrow, December 17, with the return of their annually hosted Hanukkah Party, or, as is … Continue reading Celebrate Hanukkah with a Party at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History