Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz lights the menorah at the Brandenburg Gate with Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal of the Jewish community of Berlin. Photo: Chabad of Berlin
Historic: German Chancellor Lights Public Menorah at Brandenburg Gate
Wearing a black kippah, and speaking about antisemitism past and present, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz helped light Berlin’s public Chanukah menorah at the Brandenburg Gate on the first night of Chanukah, marking the first time in history that a German head of state attended a public menorah-lighting ceremony.
