A Chanukah Bash was held at the home of Chabad Lubavitch Rabbi Yossi and Mushky Bendet in Bloomington on the second night of Chanukah Wednesday, December 13, 2017.

White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn helped light the candles atop the 30 foot high National Menorah with the aid of a special elevator. He is joined by Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, the organization’s national director

More than 100 people gathered Tuesday in downtown Baltimore’s McKeldin Square to light a 30-foot-high menorah and mark the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that celebrates perseverance, faith and the power of light over darkness.

Menorahs are being lit in public spaces for Hanukkah all across the globe.

Rabbi Schneur Oirechman of Chabad Lubavich of Tallahassee helps two of his sons light the candles for their menorahs on the first night of Hanukkah.

The Illini Chabad Center for Jewish Life will celebrate the second night of Hanukkah Wednesday night by dedicating a new menorah.

Every year a small but passionate community comes together in Belgrade for the eight-day holiday to rekindle their spirituality and foster Jewish heritage.

The annual lighting of a giant menorah and community Hanukkah celebration will take place on Wednesday night.

More than 100 people skated Sunday as part of an almost-annual tradition celebrated by Chabad-Lubavitch of Berks County and the Jewish Federation of Reading.

The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins at sundown today, an event that will be marked by a rabbi lighting a menorah at the State House grounds in Concord and by smaller celebrations in other New Hampshire communities.

Menorah workshop attendees rang in Hanukkah with the sounds of hammers and festive music.

Religious freedom may have made its way into the national political agenda throughout the past month, but it will be greeted with a celebratory tone at Launceston Synagogue on December 17.