Jacob Lew, who as director of the Office of Management and Budget is the highest-ranking Jewish official in President Barack Obama’s White House, ushered in the eight-day holiday of Chanukah Wednesday night by lighting the National Menorah. (Photos: Baruch Ezagui)
Towering in front of the White House, the National Menorah at the Ellipse has been an annual fixture of Washington winters since the Carter administration.
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