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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,725 posts) Mon Nov 29, 2021, 10:02 AM Nov 2021

First President to publicly light a menorah for Hanukkah was Jimmy Carter, with Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, on the Ellipse, 1979: #JCPL

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First President to publicly light a menorah for Hanukkah was Jimmy Carter, on the Ellipse, 1979 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP

Love this pic JI7 Nov 2021 #1

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1. Love this pic

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 10:04 AM

Nov 2021

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2. Second Gentleman @DouglasEmhoff addresses the crowd gathered for the National Menorah Lighting

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 11:46 AM

Nov 2021

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3. My parents swallowed Reagan's lies and were convinced that Carter was an antisemite

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 01:45 PM

Nov 2021

Nothing I said would change their mind.

The GOP has been doing this for a long time.