Gallery: Boathouse Row shines blue and white for Hanukkah
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The Parks and Recreation-sponsored Hanukkah celebration used iconic Boathouse Row as an acting menorah with a new house lit each night of the holiday. Photographed Thursday, December 29, 2016.
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Thursday night marked the sixth night of the celebration. Photographed Thursday, December 29, 2016.
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Rabbi Lauren Levy of Temple Beth David Reform Congregation leads the crowd of dozens in Hebrew song on Thursday, December 29, 2016.
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Mayor Jim Kenney joins members of Philadelphia's Jewish community in lighting the sixth house on the sixth night of Hanukkah on Thursday, December 29, 2016.
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Members of the group Jewish Voice for Peace attend the ceremonious lighting of Boathouse Row on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The Philadelphia chapter is just one of many across the country that hopes to combat Islamophobia.
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Mayor Jim Kenney relays his own memories of Hanukkah during his South Philly upbringing with members of the crowd following the ceremony on Thursday, December 29, 2016.
