20 December 2006
Poland's presidential palace has hosted a Hannukah lighting for the first time ever. President Lech Kaczynski lit a candle in a Warsaw ceremony that included local Jewish community leaders, Israel's ambassador David Peleg and leaders from the European Jewish Congress. Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich said that Kaczynski, a staunch supporter of Israel and of the planned Museum of the History of Polish Jews, asked to have a menorah lit at the presidential residence. "The miracle of Hanukah is about never giving up," Schudrich said. "It
