Chanukah News from Across the Globe

Texas Gov. Rick Perry met with 16 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis – including directors of two campus-based Chabad Houses – in his private capitol office Tuesday to mark the eight-day holiday of Chanukah.

Some 5,000 people descended on London’s historic Trafalgar Square for the city’s first-ever grand public menorah lighting with the Chabad House of Herndon.

In what was a banner year, dozens of university administrators and officials turned out for Chanukah celebrations sponsored by campus-based Chabad Houses. In addition, close to 18,000 students attended Chanukah events and 14,000 received free menorahs.

Monday night marked the first-ever Chanukah menorah lighting in the Sejm, Poland’s parliament. Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shalom Stambler assisted Vice President Jaroslaw Kalinowski in lighting the candelabra.

Members of Germany’s federal judiciary joined representatives of Baden, Germany’s government for Chabad-Lubavitch of Karlsruhe’s Chanukah menorah lighting in the state capital of Karlsruhe.

Members of the Jewish community of Russia’s Pacific coastal port of Vladivostok packed a concert hall for a Chanukah celebration and fête of communal achievements.

The Jewish Children’s Museum’s Chanukah workshop was a hit with kids and parents who were shopping at the Macy’s flagship department store on 34th Street in Manhattan.

A reported tens-of-millions television viewers, as well as tens of thousands of commuters and pedestrians, witnessed the Dec. 6 Chanukah menorah lighting conducted by Chabad-Lubavitch of Brazil on S. Paulo’s Avenida Paulista. The regional governor and the city’s mayor were on hand for the celebration.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay put on a live production for 600 children to teach them about the meaning of Chanukah.

Russia’s Far East Celebrates Chanukah With 210-Meter-Tall Monument

The Jewish Committee of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces partnered with Chabad-Lubavitch of Manchester in England to send Chanukah packages to Jewish personnel stationed abroad.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Pittsburgh lit a Chanukah menorah in front of the building that 20 years ago set off a legal showdown that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gov. Jon Corzine hosted more than 100 Jewish community members at a Trenton Chanukah celebration sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of New Jersey.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Nebraska, which was scheduled to hold a Chanukah event in the very mall terrorized by shooters bullets on Tuesday, held a menorah lighting and vigil in the wake of the tragedy that left nine dead.

Eight Chanukah Tales by Nissan Mindel contains a story for each night of the Festival of Lights.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey lit the first candle of the Chabad-Lubavitch menorah on the Ellipse in front of the White House Tuesday night in an event sponsored by American Friends of Lubavitch in Washington, D.C.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Berlin opened the city’s Chanukah observances Tuesday night with a public menorah lighting at the Brandenburg Gate attended by 2,000 people.

For Chanukah this year, the Chabad's Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y., has partnered with Macy’s to educate children about the miracle and meaning of the eight-day Festival of Lights.

Thousands of cars topped with eight-branched festive candelabras, known as menorahs, will parade in cities across the globe to spread the message of Chanukah.

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students associated with the Living Legacy of the Chabad Chai Center of Montreal teach public school children about the miracle of Chanukah in a visual and hands-on way.