Jewish Leaders Invite Steamboat Community to Come Celebrate Hanukkah, Spread Light and Hope

Stratford menorah lighting shows solidarity with Jewish community

Following the deadly, antisemitic mass shooting in Australia earlier this week, a large crowd gathered outside of Stratford City Hall Thursday evening to show solidarity with the area’s Jewish community in a menorah-lighting ceremony that coincided with the fifth night of Hanukkah.

Troy holds annual menorah lighting after Australia shooting

TROY, N.Y. — The city recently hosted a menorah lighting at Monument Square, while emphasizing the need for unity in the aftermath of a shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community. The shooting, which killed 15 and wounded 40 others at Bondi Beach’s Hanukkah event, was a topic Rabbi Leible Morrison acknowledged. Leading the ceremony, he said the gathering was a way to shine light in a time of darkness. “It’s been very terrible because of the…

Nearly 18,000 Gather at Barclays Center for Menorah Lighting in Tribute to Sydney Hanukkah Attack Victims

Eli Drizin reciting the blessing for lighting the menorah at Barclays Center on Dec. 18, 2025. Photo: Provided Nearly 18,000 people gathered at Barclays Center in New York City on Thursday night for a menorah lighting that honored the 15 people murdered in Sunday’s terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. “Nets fans, tonight as we celebrate the Jewish festival of light, we ask you to help us mourn the lives…

Tight security set for Chabad’s Lenox menorah-lighting event

Following the deadly antisemitic attack at a Chabad gathering on Bondi Beach in Australia, the third annual Lenox event will honor the victims, offer prayers for those injured and bereaved, and affirm a message of resilience, faith, and hope, said…

Jewish leaders invite Steamboat community to come celebrate Hanukkah, spread light and hope

As the Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs prepares to host the second annual Hanukkah Street Festival this Sunday, Rabbi Isaac Abelsky feels the event has taken on added meaning following the mass shooting in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 14 “The reason why it means that much more to me this year is Rabbi Eli Schlanger was a fellow Chabad rabbi, a colleague of mine in Sydney, Australia, and he was the man who literally dedicated day and morni…