Rivlin to Russian speakers: Thanks to you we have another holiday
“With the ending of Hanukkah, the festival of light,” he said, “we have a new holiday of lights.”
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFThe ultimate decider: President Reuven Rivlin(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
President Reuven Rivlin released a video on social media on Tuesday in which he wished a happy New Year to Russian speakers in Israel who celebrate Novy God [New Year's].“With the end of Hanukkah, the festival of light,” he said, “we have a new holiday of lights.”Rivlin described the holiday as family and friends-oriented and that “missing what was is in no way a challenge to the new life here in your new home.”Israelis, Russian speakers and Hebrew speakers alike, began to enjoy Western-oriented holidays such as Halloween and New Year's Eve in recent years.
