Around the world, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is bringing families and communities together around the menorah. Lighting candles signifies the Maccabees’ victory over Greek soldiers in 165 B.C. and the rededication of their temple, when a small amount of oil that they believed would last for only one day instead lasted eight.
With the White House in the background and the National Christmas Tree at right, people stand for a song at the end of the lighting of the National Hanukkah Menorah, during an event sponsored by the American Friends of Lubavitch, on the second night of Hanukkah in Washington. The eight-day Jewish holiday began at sundown Saturday.
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