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Harlem Jews asked to add a menorah to a park’s Christmas display. They got a community celebration.

JL;DR SUMMARY In Harlem's Montefiore Park, a significant interfaith event marked the first-ever celebration of both Christmas and Hanukkah with a new Festival of Lights. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityHanukkahFestival Of LightsMenorah LightingInterfaithChristmas CelebrationHarlemTzibur HarlemMontefiore Park

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Harlem, New York, United States
"they gathered in Harlems tiny Montefiore Park to watch the neighborhoods annual Christmas tree lighting."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"most recently on Bondi Beach in Sydney, where 15 people were killed at a public Hanukkah menorah lighting event"

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