President Barack Obama hosts a Hanukkah reception

Manny Lindenbaum, lights the Menorah during a Hanukkah reception in the East room of the White House, while his grand-daughter Lauren Lindenbaum (2L), First Lady Michelle Obama (2R) and President Barack Obama watch, in Washington, DC, December 9, 2015. In August of 1939, Manny and his brother escaped from Poland to England as refugees, and came to the United States in 1946. This is the second Hanukkah reception of the day for the President and the first Lady. Pool photo by Aude Guerrucci/UPI