For years, 91-year-old Gaby Dinman has celebrated the first night of Hanukkah at the North Strabane Township home of her daughter, Emily Mahoney.
Dinman, 91, whose family fled Germany in the 1930s as Adolf Hitler rose to power, delights in lighting the menorah, and recounting the story of the origin of Hanukkah.
The COVID-19 pandemic, though, ended that two-decade-long tradition.
âShe loves coming to the house. She loves coming for the food, she likes lighting the candles, she likes telling the story every year. And this year, she canât do that,â said Mahoney. âShe lives for this. Itâs terrible.â
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