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Monday, October 7, 2024
President Biden, First Lady to participate in memorial candle lighting ceremony for October 7
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will participate in a memorial yahrzeit candle lighting ceremony tomorrow morning to mark the one year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught, the White House says.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will mark the anniversary by planting a memorial tree at their Naval Observatory residence, a White House official says.
It is a custom for vice presidents to plant trees at the official residence, but this will be the first one planted by Harris. The vice president and second gentleman will plant a pomegranate tree, which — among other things — represents hope and righteousness, according to Jewish tradition, the official says.
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