WASHINGTON (JNS) – As part of its annual Christmas decorations tradition, the White House has unveiled a new addition: a menorah in celebration of Hanukkah.
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The menorah is included in Cross Hall, a broad hallway on the first floor of the House, underneath a wreath. It is positioned between the portraits of presidents Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson.
Menorahs have previously been lit in the White House, but this is the first time one has been included as part of an official display. The positioning near the Carter portrait is apt, as he was the first president to celebrate the holiday with a lighting of a menorah in 1979. In 2001, George W. Bush was the first president to host a Hanukkah party, lighting a menorah in the White House residence.
Last year, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden also hosted a menorah lighting, attended by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog.
“You know, when we light this menorah in the White House, when Jewish families place menorahs in their windows, we are proclaiming liberty,” Biden said at the time. “We’re exercising the freedom that the Maccabees sought to simply practice their faith. And we’re showing that there is still light, that even the most fragile flame can be sustained in a tradition and nourish the soul of a people.”
“underneath a wreath”
They want us to believe Biden can tell one holiday from another? Please, all he knows is he gets an extra scoop of ice cream.
vitimu kol hashmanim!
They’re a little confused, but at least they’re trying?
Yuck, take it away!
Nonsense article- there have been multiple menorahs in the White House every time I have attended a White House Chanuka Party, and not just the ones at the podium that were lit those nights. I have photos to prove it. Maybe they are nuancing the placement in the Cross Hall- the ones I saw were in East Room, the Red Room (actually on a window sill facing the Wash monument and the State Dining Room). Actually the down staircase that ends in the cross hallway had the one that I think BenGurion gave to Truman, so that should count as well.
Please don’t desecrate the menorah by placing it with the holiday decor
Will Kamala Harris’ husband be making the brachos?
What a disgusting headline: “Hanukkah menorah as part of official Christmas decorations….” And its placement underneath the wreath.
A plaque on their house!
Disgusting, underneath a wreath and between the portraits of the 2 most anti Israel presidents before the obamanation.
Kamala momala will be tzinding