Tag: Christmas
Jewish synagogue serves Christmas breakfast to homeless residents
LAS CRUCES - The smell of eggs and pancakes filled the air Christmas morning just outside Las Cruces' tent city for homeless residents.
About 20 members of a local Jewish synagogue were wielding spatulas, manning portable...
Christmas Tree Distributions in Israel
For decades, KKL-JNF has been growing trees especially for Christmas in its Eshtaol and Golani nurseries, where small saplings are carefully tended to until the trees have grown to their full size. The trees...
How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory, in 164 BCE of armed Jewish rebels led by Judah the Maccabee over the army of the Syrian despot Antiochus IV. Against all odds, the courageous, resourceful,...
Real-Life Grinch: To Protest Trump, Nazareth Mayor Cancels Christmas Performances
While it was originally reported on Thursday that Nazareth mayor Ali Salam would protest the US’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by cancelling Christmas celebrations, this policy was later clarified to explain that...