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Freed from Gaza, 12-Year-Old Yagil Yaakov Lights Menorah in Eilat

Each year, the skating rink at the Ice Mall in Eilat is packed on Chanukah, and a large crowd, including many tourists, joins Rabbi Mendi Klein each night to light the menorah. But this year Eilat is empty of tourists, their places at the menorah lighting taken by some of the 70,000 Israelis from the Gaza Envelope who are being hosted in Eilat after their displacement by the terrorist attack on Simchat Torah.

LIVE at 9:00AM: Lighting The Public Menorah at the Brandenburg Gate With German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Join the LIVE Broadcast at the Brandenburg Gate, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is slated to help light Berlin’s public Chanukah menorah—Europe’s largest—on Thursday evening, sending a “powerful message of solidarity” with the Jewish people.