MENORAH LIGHTING — Mayor Susan McCartney hosted the annual menorah lighting at West Orange Town Hall on Dec. 26. It was a festive event led by Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz of the Chabad of West Orange to mark the second night of Hanukkah. The event featured traditional blessings, music, and refreshments with latkes and doughnuts.
MAPLEWOOD — A menorah lighting ceremony was held Thursday, Dec. 26 in Ricalton Square on Maplewood Avenue. The event was led by Rabbi Sholom Bogomilsky of the Maplewood Jewish Center, who has organized a menorah lighting in the township for more than 20 years. Maplewood Councilman Vic DeLuca and Councilwoman-elect Malia Herman helped Bogomilsky light […]
SOUTH ORANGE MENORAH LIGHTING — About 125 people attended a menorah lighting ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 26, in Spiotta Park off South Orange Avenue. The event included remarks by Mayor Sheena Collum, pictured above, and Rabbi Abigail Treu of Oheb Shalom Congregation, below left, and Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel, below right.