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Article: Hanukkah lights up Blaine House
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- December 10, 2004
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AUGUSTA - Light and warmth are the hallmarks of Hanukkah. Both
were found in abundance at the Blaine House Thursday night at the
annual celebration of the Jewish holiday.
Five rabbis were on hand to oversee the lighting of the candles
and lead in song Gov. John Baldacci, first lady Karen Baldacci, the
Israel consul for New England and more than 100 of the state's Jewish
community to celebrate the third night of the Festival of Lights.
"This is a real wonderful demonstration of the important role all
religious and ethnic communities play in the state," said Rabbi Larry
Milder of Congregation Beth El, the Reform synagogue in Bangor. "It's
a gesture of inclusion and a statement that this state ...