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Obama's Chanukah Message
Washington/JTA President Obama
said the Chanukah story of the
Maccabees "reminds
us that faith and
perseverance are
powerful forces that
can sustain us in dif-
ficult times and help
us overcome even the
greatest odds?'
President
In his first presiden-
Obama
tial Chanukah mes-
sage, released Friday,
Obama also said the holiday is "not only
a time to celebrate the faith and customs
of the Jewish people, but also for people
of all faiths to celebrate the common
aspirations we share?'
"May Chanukah's lessons inspire us
all to give thanks for the blessings we
enjoy, to find light in times of darkness,
and to work together for a brighter, more
hopeful tomorrow' Obama said in his
statement.

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Peres' Holiday Greeting
Jerusalem/JTA Israeli President
Shimon Peres broadcast a Chanukah
blessing to Jews
around the world
on his new YouTube
channel. Viewers
are asked to reply to
Peres' message with
their own comments
and video responses,
Shimon Peres
including their per-
sonal candle lightings.
"Dear Friends: Yesterday, I blessed
my Arab citizens because they had their
holiday, which is called Eid el Adha, a
holiday of good will',' Peres' message
says. "Tomorrow, I am going to bless
my Christian citizens; they are going
to have Christmas. But now, ifs time of
Chanukah, our own holiday: full of light,
full of optimism, full of hope. Not that
everything is so easy and promising, but
it's a clear declaration that finally light
will win the day.
"We are going through a difficult
period of time. There are many dangers,
the Iranians; there are many difficulties,
like the negotiations of peace, but I am
in charge of optimism. I have the right to
be one. Most of the things we have hoped
for came true. We continue to hope they
will come true as well. We would like to
be a contributing people; we can be a
contributing people; not only in science
and technology, but also in peace and
promise.
"The greatest of them -is that all chil-
dren, ours, the Arabs', the Christians'
will arrive to a day when their mothers

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do not have to worry about their safety,
which means peace. Light and peace are
the two things on which Jewish heritage
are based!'

Nobels Awarded
Oslo/JTA The instruments of
war have a part in preserving peace,
President Obama said as he accepted
the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
"We can understand there will still be
war and strive for peace Obama said
on Dec. 10 in his acceptance speech
before an audience of dignitaries that
included the Norwegian royal family.
Obama conceded, "We will not eradi-
cate violent conflict in our lifetime but
added later, "War is sometimes neces-
sary and war is sometimes an expres-
sion of human folly."
Obama quoted Nobel laureate and
human rights activist the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr., and said he stood
before the assembled to see him
receive his peace prize as a product of
King's work. The U.S. leader also called
on the nations of the world to take
action in the form of sanctions against
Iran and other countries that break
international law.
Before the award ceremony, Obama
told reporters, "I have no doubt that
there are others that may be more
deserving. My task here is to continue
on the path that I believe is not only
important for America, but also impor-
tant for lasting peace in the world."
Meanwhile,
Weizmann Institute
scientist Ada Yonath
was in Stockholm
to receive the Nobel
Prize in chemistry
along with Americans
Venkatraman
Ada Yonath
Ramakrishnan and
Thomas Steitz for
their work in mapping ribosomes, the
mechanisms that manufacture proteins
within cells. Yonath, the fourth woman
to receive the chemistry prize, was
among five women to receive 11 Nobel
Prizes in Stockholm on Dec. 10, which
is the birthday of the prize's founder,
Alfred Nobel.
Yonath spoke behalf of the three
chemistry laureates. She had been
chosen to sit next to Swedish King Carl
XVI Gustaf at a dinner after the evening
ceremony and was escorted to the cer-
emony by the king, the Jerusalem Post
reported. Nine Israelis have won Nobel
Prizes; Yonath is the first woman. On
Dec. 9, she visited the home of Israel's
ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan,
to attend a reception in her honor.

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