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            Jews Around the World Celebrate First Night of Hannukah

   by VOA News

   Celebrations marking Hannukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of
   lights, got underway on Wednesday night.

   Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the Jewish Second Temple in
   Jerusalem in 164 B.C. after its desecration by the Syrian Greeks.

   In Israel, observant Jews light the Menorah each night to mark the
   holiday and Israel's chief rabbi was on hand to light the first candle
   at the Western Wall.

   The Jewish community in Berlin visited Europe's largest Hanukkah
   Menorah in front of the Brandenburg gate and celebrated the first night
   of the festival with music and prayers.

   In the US, for the first time since 1888, Hanukkah coincides with
   Thanksgiving.
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