The Explainer: Hanukkah

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, explains what Judaism’s “festival of lights” is all about…
Catholics and Jews mark history of the menorah with first joint show

RNS A 2,000-year-old stone block unearthed by archaeologists from an Israeli synagogue in the town of Magdala will be featured in the first-ever joint art exhibit mounted by the Vatican Museums and Rome’s Jewish community. The block, featuring a relief of a menorah beside two jugs, will be part of an exhibit titled Menorah: Worship, History […]