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.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Then, in November, he lit the first candle at the National Menorah lighting ceremony to celebrate the start of Hanukkah, using his speech to tout the need to address intolerance and hate against ...

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.