menorah

Fun for the whole family, tree lighting and menorah candle events are held annually across New Jersey to kick-off the holiday season. Here's your guide Monmouth County's Christmas Tree and Menorah Lightings to celebrate the 2012 holiday season!

In keeping with its mandate that each state-sentenced inmate has the right to freedom of religious affiliation and voluntary religious worship while incarcerated, New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) Commissioner Gary Lanigan announced a new policy that will establish a pilot program for the use of candles in menorah lighting ceremonies during religious celebrations.

First, I guess we need to set aside what we mean by secular and religious; and from there decide what’s appropriate for a display in a public setting, such as a park, town halls and places of that nature. The issue comes up year after year for any number of reasons...