First Lady Jill Biden celebrated Hanukkah at the White House on Monday alongside her husband, President Joe Biden, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Also known as the festival of lights, the Jewish holiday honors the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem,

During his last Hanukkah reception as president, Biden spoke of the Oct. 7 attack on Isreal and his commitment to get hostages home.

Biden acknowledged that this year's Hanukkah falls on heavy hearts as it marks the second since the horrors of October 7 and since the surge of antisemitism in the US and across t