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President Obama honored four individuals who heroically risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Here's a round-up of how we celebrated the Festival of Lights here at the White House.

Past Hanukkah celebrations at the White House have been rich with symbolic history, and with your help, this year's celebration can be too.

Last Friday, President Obama spoke to the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C.

In a special video message, President Obama offers his warmest wishes to people across the country and around the world celebrating the sacred Easter and Passover holidays.

On Tuesday, January 13, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough joined Members of Congress; France’s Ambassador to the U.S., His Excellency Gérard Araud; the American Jewish Committee (AJC); and hundreds of people from the local Jewish community and many other Jewish organizations at “A Gathering of Solidarity and Remembrance With the People of France and Its Jewish Community” at Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C.

After koshering the kitchen and setting up the menorah, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed hundreds of guests here at the White House for the second night of Hanukkah.

Shanah Tovah from the White House!

Tomorrow evening, Jews in America, Israel and around the globe will celebrate Purim, a holiday known for costumes, carnivals and noisemakers.

In honor of the Festival of Lights that is currently in progress, here is a gallery of Presidential Hanukkah celebrations and menorahs from the holdings of the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.

This year, as Jews in America and around the world begin gathering with the family, friends and synagogue communities to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, they are joined by President Obama, who made an historic visit today to the Great Synagogue of Stockholm on the first leg of his trip to Sweden and the G20 Summit on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.