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Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova

Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.

Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved in stone around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue recently discovered by the Sea of Galilee.

Top Vatican official rededicates Mass. menorah

The Vatican's top liaison to Jews helped rededicate a menorah in memory of Holocaust victims Wednesday amid fallout from the Holy See's botched decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop. Cardinal Walter Kasper joined Holocaust survivors and local Roman Catholic leaders at the ceremony for the Yom Hashoah Menorah at the Boston Archdiocese's Braintree offices.

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People of Luzerne County 1, ACLU God-Haters 0
Source: The Citizens VoiceNews

Yall might not heard of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Nestled somewhere between Scranton and Philly, it's principally an agricultural area, with a few more densely populated pockets. It's been my home since March, and quite a bit different from my old haunts of the NYC burbs.

Group Protests Exclusion Of Nativity Scene In Library Display
Source: WPBF.com

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A Boca Raton library that had a menorah on display but no nativity scene now has one, complements of a local pastor. The Rev.

City Decides Not To Display Menorah; Residents Rankled
Source: WPBF.com

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- It's a 100-foot December dilemma in Delray Beach. For the past few years, there's been a menorah on display in the city, but the organization responsible for it decided not to display one this year.

Archaeologists find early menorah depiction - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved in stone around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue re …

Truce in the war on Christmas
Source: The Seattle Times

IT was bound to happen. Friday marked the official start to the holiday shopping season, and the opening salvos of the Christmas wars are mixing loudly with seasonal carols.

Atheist Sign Joins Capitol Holiday Display This Year
Source: KIRO TV

An atheistic sign is included in the [Washington] state Capitol's holiday display that includes a holiday tree and a Christian nativity scene.

The Menorah Prophecies

The Menorah furnishes a prophetic witness to the 7,000-year span of time allotted for the interplay between the forces of light and darkness. This interplay is reflected in the typological relationship of the Christ to the Antichrist. SALVATION IS ORDERLY

Nativity scene is too religious for New York City schools | csmonitor.com
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The US Supreme Court has declined to enter the fracas over what some conservatives are calling the war on Christmas.

Dobbs: A tree grows in Seattle - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Boy is old Lou feeling his oats today. Merry Christmas! That's right, Merry Christmas. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, Muslim, agnostic, pagan, barbarian or whatever, Merry Christmas!

Why I Hate Christmas and Why You Should Too

It's that time of year again. A time of love, joy, giving, family, friends, etc, - the things christmas symbolizes for everyone. This would all be great if there wasn't such an enormous catch tied to its bright, shiny bow: It's all BS.

'Tis not the season at Sea-Tac Airport KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News
Source: komotv.com

Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky demanded that a menorah be displayed in addition to the 'Holiday' trees at Sea-Tac airport. When no immediate results were forthcoming, the rabbi got his lawyer involved.

Airport X-Mas trees removed.
Source: king5.com

SEA-TAC Airport - All 15 Christmas trees inside the terminal at Sea-Tac have been removed in response to a complaint by a rabbi. A local rabbi wanted to install an 8-foot menorah and have a public lighting ceremony.

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