Emhoff is lighting the “national menorah” later Thursday on the Ellipse in front of the White House, a decades long tradition administered by the Chabad Hasidic movement. On Sunday ...

American Friends of Lubavitch presided over a larger turnout than last year for the lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse in front of the White House. (Emhoff spoke this year.) ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several hundred people gathered in D.C. on the night of Hanukkah for the annual National Menorah Lighting. Held on the Ellipse outside the White House, the event was organized ...

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter was the first United States President to light a menorah in front of the White House during the initial lighting of the “National Menorah.” ...

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter lit both the (electric) National Menorah and a candle on a smaller menorah in an outdoor ceremony. Credit: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum/NARA ...

The contrast between the re-creation of the arch, which displayed the menorah as a symbol of Roman triumph over Judaism, and its later appropriation as a national Jewish symbol is stark.

Learn more about our Statue of Liberty Hanukkah menorah, made by Manfred Anson from a patriotic souvenir, on the National Museum of American History’s blog.

GUILFORD, CT (WFSB) - Two men were arrested last week for allegedly damaging a Hanukkah menorah at the Guilford Town Green on Jan. 5. The suspects were identified as Steven Prinz Jr., 25 ...