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Pandemic Hanukkah at Biden’s White House feels like a family gathering

JL;DR SUMMARY The 2021 Hanukkah celebration at the White House, hosted by President Joe Biden, was a uniquely intimate event due to pandemic restrictions. 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 TraditionsJewish CommunityPandemicJoe BidenDoug EmhoffHanukkahWhite HouseMenorahChuck Schumer

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"After Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. recited the blessings, guests spontaneously broke out singing the traditional poem of Maoz Tzur."
Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States
"And in the pandemic-limited crowd of 150, dotted with yarmulkes with the presidential seal, a lone member of the Hasidic community of Borough Park, Brooklyn a community that voted in large numbers for Donald Trump and who had an open door in his White House stood out."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"It felt deeply moving and spiritual, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and the wife of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan."
Woodmere, New York, United States
"he said Glatt, a doctor and associate rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere, N.Y., had told him that Hanukkah is Thanksgiving on steroids."
Florida, United States
"Outside, masked and socially distanced, a minyan including Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida assembled outside for the evening prayers."
Israel
"Biden acknowledged Jewish members of his cabinet as well as Israels new ambassador to the U.S., Michael Herzog, and Deborah E. Lipstadt, whose nomination as antisemitism envoy has been blocked by Senate Republicans."

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