People worldwide began the eight-day celebrations on Sunday, with holiday menorahs lit in Moscow, Berlin, and Washington, DC, among other places.

Municipality advancing first-of-its-kind cultural center for city's ultra-Orthodox sector, which will include film-screening halls, exhibition gallery, workshops and studio areas for haredi artists.

Defying the fear of terror attacks and under heavy security, Berlin's Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah by lighting one of the two biggest hanukkiahs in the world.