Framingham Rabbi Lights White House Menorah [VIDEO]

The Framingham Rabbi lit a 90-year-old menorah from a temple on Long Island that was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy at a Hanukkah party at the White House Thursday night.

Framingham Rabbi Laurence Bazer lit a 90-year-old menorah from a temple on Long Island that was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy at a Hanukkah party at the White House Thursday night. The brass menorah survived a 10-foot storm surge that destroyed a chapel, a library, numerous religious books and six Torah scrolls at Temple Israel in Long Beach, according to the congregation’s Rabbi, David S. Bauman to the New York Times. The Framingham Rabbi survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan to be at the White House celebration hosted by President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama. President Obama told the assembled crowd that Hanukkah is a story of "resilience and optimism" and that the menorah and the rabbi are perfect examples of both. "Badly …

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