Colorado Jews embrace Hanukkah amid Israel-Hamas war. “We are in a very dark place and we need light.”
![From left, Dr. Ben Machanic, Alan Hoffman and Rabbi Shmuly Engel light the candles on the large Menorah outside of the Chabad of Cherry Creek From left, Dr. Ben Machanic, Alan Hoffman and Rabbi Shmuly Engel light the candles on the large Menorah outside of the Chabad of Cherry Creek](jpg/tdp-l-hanukkah-0066550.jpg)
As the days grow shorter, Jews around Colorado somberly and resolutely have begun Hanukkah celebrations of light -- holding onto hope in recent days amid global discord over the continuing war and killing in Israel.