Hanukkah is being celebrated around the world! Some 1,500 Jews attended a candle-lighting ceremony at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Tuesday night, to commemorate the first of eight nights of Hanukkah. Tourists and VIPs of Berlin celebrated the victory of light over darkness in a country that, less than a century ago, tried to annihilate them. Built in 1788, the Brandenburg Gate was used by the Nazis as a party symbol. In the U.S. on Tuesday, thousands attended a Chabad-organized lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse, near the White House. U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle threw their Hanukkah party at the White House a week and a half ago, but wished U.S. Jews and Israelis and a happy Hanukkah in a special message. Additional Hanukkah ceremonies took place Tuesday night at various iconic locations throughout the world, including the Champs-Elysees in Paris, and Trafalgar Square in London.
