
Forty-four years ago - in front of Independence Hall - a rabbi and a few yeshiva students lighted the first candle on a small wooden menorah. Since then, erecting oversized outdoor menorahs in public spaces has spread all over the country - and the world. To celebrate the eight-night Hanukkah season, staff photographer Tom Gralish visited menorahs throughout the region - including the one on Independence Mall, now grown to over forty feet - capturing varied images during this wintertime “festival of lights.”
Karen Tumulty, Matthew Choi, and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post
Brian Melley and Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Shane Goldmacher, Jonathan Swan, and Maggie Haberman, New York Times
Neill Borowski, 70and73
Kellen Browning, New York Times
David McHugh and Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Seung Min Kim and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Todd Wallack, Washington Post
Jesse Bedayn and Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post

























