A Chanukah Special: King Charles Dances With Anne Frank's Step-sister at London Pre-Chanukah Party

Last Friday King Charles III visited the JW3 Community Center in North London to learn about its work as the Jewish community prepared to start celebrating Chanukah this weekend. During the pre-Chanukah reception for Holocaust survivors, the King danced with Anne Frank's step-sister to L'Chaim and Oseh Shalom Bimromav.

As India McTaggart wrote in The Telegraph,

The King was greeted by Roxane Zand, the Deputy Lieutenant for Camden, and was shown various activities in the centre by Raymond Simonson, its chief executive.

He heard from young people taking part in the programmes offered by JW3, including telling asylum seekers baking for food bank deliveries: “It’s so wonderful all the things you get up to.”

One of the Holocaust survivors, 95-year-old Helen Aronson, said: “Today I had two kisses on both cheeks! I told him I’m not washing my face.

“It’s extra special for a King to take time and come to the Jewish community and speak to everyone and shake hands with everyone, it’s amazing really. I won’t forget this until the day I die, an experience like that, to be kissed by the King.”

NOTE: We know that today is Monday and we usually post a joke to start the week each Monday. But this week we are celebrating the eight days of Chanukah and so we are posting only holiday-related items. But we'll be back next Monday with another joke.

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