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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.

Historic Menorah-Lighting at U.S. Capitol by Leaders of Senate and House

In a historic first, the Congressional leadership of both sides of the aisle joined on Tuesday, the sixth night of Chanukah, for the inaugural lighting of the U.S. Capitol Menorah.