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Lighting the Menorah: Menorah from the Synagogue of Buergel, Germany and the White House
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This menorah was made in 1767, and is a bronze menorah from the Synagogue of Buergel in Germany. It is crowned by the double-headed eagle of the old German Imperial Reich.
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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel presented this bronze menorah to President Harry S. Truman in 1951 in the Oval Office in appreciation for his role in establishing the State of Israel. Abba Eban, Israeli ambassador, is seen on the right.
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In 2008, the menorah was lent to the White House by the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and lit by both Clifton Truman Daniel, President Truman's grandson (right), and Yariv Ben-Eliezer, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion's grandson (left), during the annual White House Hanukkah reception.
Photo by Mike Theiler-Pool, Getty Images
This gallery features images from Lighting the Menorah: Celebrating Hanukkah at the White House, which chronicles the celebration of Hanukkah in the White House.
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