It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a Jewish population of 500. That year, 1931, the last night Chanukah fell on Friday evening, and Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, spiritual leader of the town was hurrying to light the Menorah before the Shabbat set in. Directly across the Posner’s … Continue reading A Jewish Hanukkah Menorah Defies the Nazi Swastika, 1931