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LOCAL Saturday 7 January 2017
Prime Minister Joins 1500 at Chabad’s Giant Menorah
Lighting with the Maccabeats
Prime Minister Mike Eman
joined 1,500 residents and
tourists who came out to
celebrate Chanukah with
a menorah-lighting and
holiday concert at the
Hyatt Beach Deck in Palm
Beach on December 28.
Rabbi Ahron and Chaya
Blasberg, co-directors of
Chabad of Aruba, pre-
sented Eman with a per-
sonal menorah. Then the
prime minister lit five can-
dles on the giant public
menorah in celebration of
the fifth night of Chanu-
kah.
In his remarks, Eman
thanked the Blasbergs ats, the famous a capella ternational Aruba; AHATA;
for their commitment to singing group from New Brickel Bay Hotel, Elite Pro-
the people of Aruba and York. They sang an eclectic ductions, Cigar Emporium;
spoke of how moved array of Jewish, American 4D PhotoBar; Gold Palace
he was when he visited and Israeli songs and enter- Jewelers.
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