Illinois
Historic menorah lighting takes place in Skokie
Skokie held a Hanukkah menorah lighting Dec. 26. One rabbi said Skokie was one of the first municipalities in Illinois, besides Chicago, to start holding public menorah lightings in the mid-1980s.
Hot chocolate, donuts, fire dancing, latkes, a gelt drop and of course the lighting of a candle marked the public Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony in downtown Skokie Dec. 26, but a local rabbi said there was also a historic element behind the celeb... [1180 chars]