Hanukkah

December baby's lament: Differentiating birthday celebrations from Christmas

2012-12-24 06:09:00

My baby boy is about to turn 1. The where-is-time-going panic that is inducing is a post for another day, but I'm starting to wonder, as he gets older, how do we differentiate his birthday celebration from the holiday celebrations? Aaron was due on...

The art of what does and doesn't get "printed"

2013-01-28 07:47:55

A funny thing often happens when I'm doing an interview that inadvertently turns "religious." The person I'm talking to will mention God or Jesus or something else religious, and then quickly add: "But you won't print that, will you?" or "I'm sure you...

Ornamental art project aids victims of Superstorm Sandy in Cockeysville

2012-12-10 10:31:00

Dulaney High School students have embraced an art project that is helping victims of Superstorm Sandy. Art students at Dulaney have been busy designing, creating, painting and selling ornaments with a shore theme, "Shells for N.J. Shore," which will...

Jewish community comes together to celebrate Hanukkah

2012-12-12 08:52:21

Bel Air's Jewish community and friends came together Sunday evening to light the menorah and celebrate the second night of Hanukkah. It was a celebration inside the Bel Air Reckord Armory on Main Street, with about 60 people drinking hot apple cider,...

Bel Air High alums' holiday cookies touted on 'Today'

2012-12-11 09:28:00

Ugly holiday sweaters are bad enough. But ugly holiday sweater cookies? Isn’t that taking things a bit too far? Apparently not for Bel Air High and MICA alums Brennen and Zoe Lukas, whose perhaps-too-colorful Christmas confections were spotlighted...

Owings Mills family's holiday mitzvah is donating toys to needy children

2012-12-10 13:11:00

As the day of his bar mitzvah approached, Zack Lubliner, of Owings Mills, decided on a mitzvah project that would help others and celebrate the coming Festival of Lights. "Since my bar mitzvah was during Hanukkah, I thought I'd give people presents,"...

Owings Mills: Library nears completion

2012-12-10 12:58:00

Owings Mills has reason to celebrate as the new library is nearing completion at the Metro Center. Tentatively slated to open in the spring of 2013, this will be the largest branch in Baltimore County. A joint use facility, the library shares space with...

Editorial: A few thoughts for the holiday season

2012-12-06 15:16:00

In announcing her congregation's decision this year to have a public menorah lighting celebration to mark the Hanukkah season, Rabbi Gila Ruskin made a key observation that is a painful reminder of the not-so-distant past. "Some of the old-timers in the...

Hanukkah menorah lightings planned in Bel Air, Havre de Grace

2012-12-04 12:29:15

This year is bringing not just one but two public menorah lightings, in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, to Harford County. Temple Adas Shalom in Havre de Grace decided to hold its own menorah lighting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 15, the last night...

Menorah collections bring light to homes

2012-11-28 12:39:00

Next Saturday, the Baker family home will be full of light. On the first night of Hanukkah, the Bakers — Liz, Steve, and 7-year-old Matthew — will celebrate by lighting several menorahs in their home and in the Hampden studio where Steve...

Commentary: The lights that light the nights

2012-12-05 10:12:00

Making the drive every other week to Perryville from Bel Air can be long and boring. About 35 minutes, most of which is spent traveling along Route 155 through Churchville and Havre de Grace, there's very little stimulation along the way, especially...

Get your jingle on at these Laurel holiday happening

2012-12-06 10:22:00

Holiday candlelight tours — Fri., Dec. 7 and Sat., Dec. 8, 6-9 p.m., Montpelier Mansion, 9650 Muirkirk Road. Music, candlelight and traditional holiday greens. Local garden clubs display decorations throughout house; area performers entertain...

Zoe Englander shows off her decorated crown, which she made at a community Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 13 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers located in Plantation. The event was co-sponsored by PJ Library, Ramat Shalom Synagogue and Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El.

2012-12-21 10:09:00

Benjamin Wheeler was "a very spirited boy," said Rabbi Shaul Praver of Adath Israel in Newtown. He and his parents, David and Francine Wheeler, were not members of the synagogue, but they attended its Hanukkah celebration.

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Xavier Campos, 6, lights the hanukiah with his brother Adrian, 4, as his mother Stephanie Campos and Natalia San Pedro, 3, prepare a separate hanukiah during Temple Beth Jacob's celebration of Hanukkah, Saturday evening.

2012-12-16 03:42:00