One of the oldest public menorah’s in the world was fully lit on in San Francisco’s Union Square to celebrate the eighth and final night of Hanukkah.

Hundreds of members of the Bay Area Jewish community gathered in front of the giant wooden menorah set up next to Union Square’s huge Christmas tree. They came together on Wednesday as a group to revel in traditional dance and music to observe the holiday .

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.