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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

White House Hanukkah Party

Doug Emhoff, husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, December 7, 2023, on the ellipse of the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 11, 2023, 11:40 am
Biden to host White House Hanukkah party in shadow of surging antisemitism
President, first lady, and VP’s Jewish husband Doug Emhoff to attend event, as US grapples with jump in anti-Jewish incidents since beginning of Israel-Hamas war
By Agencies
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and US President Joe Biden help Holocaust survivor Bronia Brandman to a menorah during a Hanukkah reception at the White House in Washington, December 19, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
December 20, 2022, 5:50 am
At Hanukkah event, Biden slams ‘venom’ of antisemitism, unveils White House menorah
US president says ‘silence is complicity’ in face of rising Jew hatred; candle-lighting prayer led by rabbi who helped congregants escape hostage crisis at Texas synagogue
By AP
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a menorah-lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 1, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
December 19, 2022, 6:13 pm
At White House Hanukkah reception, Biden to condemn rising antisemitism
A new menorah added to presidential holiday collection will be featured in candle lighting, attended by Holocaust survivor, rabbi and a US envoy to the UN rights council
By AP
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a menorah-lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 1, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
September 21, 2022, 11:58 am
In first, White House to host Rosh Hashanah reception
Previous celebrations were held at Naval Observatory, the vice presidential residence in DC
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden speaks after the national menorah was lit during a ceremony marking the start of the celebration of Hanukkah, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, December 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
December 1, 2021, 12:24 am
With White House menorah lighting, Biden set to bring back a 20th century tradition
US president to host event on 4h night of Jewish holiday, with the emphasis on the ritual rather than the reception
By Jonathan D. Sarna
US Vice President Kamala Harris talks with her husband, Doug Emhoff, during a visit to Paris on November 13, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
November 29, 2021, 6:42 pm
VP Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff light Hanukkah menorah at home
Bidens to host COVID-curtailed Hanukkah gathering on Wednesday at the White House; Emhoff addresses lighting ceremony of National Menorah
By Amy Spiro
Moshe Margareten lights candles at the White House Hanukkah party in 2019. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)
November 25, 2021, 4:10 pm
Biden’s White House planning a last-minute, in-person Hanukkah party
Menorah lighting event to be held on December 1; invitations went out just a week in advance
By Ron Kampeas
An attendee wears a yarmulke with an image of US President Donald Trump at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on December 6, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
December 27, 2020, 1:51 pm
Republican official believes he caught virus at White House Hanukkah party
Tom Mountain, from party’s Massachusetts branch, has been hospitalized twice; says he tested positive 2 days after event; wife, son, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law also infected
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screen capture from 1993 video showing US President Bill Clinton grabbing Ilana Kattan's hair to stop it from burning after noticing that it had caught fire on the menorah her class had just helped him light at the White House. (Clinton Presidential Library on YouTube via JTA)
December 10, 2020, 7:50 pm
Woman recalls Clinton saving her locks from Hanukkah candles
In interview with Slate, now-33-year-old Ilana Kattan talks of impact 1993 incident had on her 6-year-old self — when she got a little to close to Oval Office menorah
By PHILISSA CRAMER
US President Donald Trump addresses the White House Hannukah party on December 9, 2020. (Screen capture/Twitter)
December 10, 2020, 6:20 am
Stopping by White House Hanukkah party, Trump laments ‘stolen’ election
After skipping 1st of 2 receptions, president tells crowd of supporters that he beat Biden and that ‘certain people’ will need to show courage in reversing results
By Jacob Magid
Following the lighting of the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah on December 23, 1997, President Clinton leans over his desk in the Oval Office as children from the Jewish Primary Day School in Washington show him how to twirl the dreidel, a traditional toy similar to a spinning top. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 9, 2020, 10:46 pm
From lightings to full-fledged parties: A history of White House Hanukkah revels
As Trump plans controversial holiday party during pandemic, a look back at the presidential tradition started when Carter lit a candelabrum at a park in 1979
By Jonathan D. Sarna
People in the audience applaud as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Hanukkah reception on December 6, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 23, 2020, 6:43 am
White House Hanukkah party invitees hesitant to attend due to coronavirus
Those who have RSVPed have been told to wear masks, but many are concerned given likelihood of event being held indoors and history of Trump hosting ‘superspreader’ events
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump with, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, from left, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and their children Arabella Kushner and Joseph Kushner, applaud during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on December 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
November 19, 2020, 2:05 am
Trump throwing in-person White House Hanukkah party despite COVID concerns
Reception to be held afternoon of December 9, a day before the holiday’s first candle lighting, despite concerns previous White House events were coronavirus ‘superspreaders’
By Ron Kampeas
Rosalee Glass and her daughter Lillian attend the premiere of Random Media's "Reinventing Rosalee" at Laemmle's Music Hall Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, April 2, 2019. (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
December 24, 2019, 10:55 pm
Holocaust survivor dies after dropped in transit to White House Hanukkah party
Rosalee Glass, 102, businesswoman and actress who was warmly welcomed by and photographed with President Trump, was injured en route to event and passed away three days later
By Marcy Oster
President Donald Trump is greeted by Pastor Robert Jeffress at the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, July 1, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Pool/ Getty Images via JTA)
December 13, 2019, 9:15 pm
At White House Hanukkah party, Trump hails pastor who preaches Jews go to hell
President gives a shout-out to pro-Israel preacher Robert Jeffress at signing of executive order to withhold funds from colleges that allow anti-Semitism on their campuses
By Ron Kampeas
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