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Hundreds packed into the York Jewish Community Center for a prayer vigil Thursday evening.

Robyn Pottorff is keen on traditions.  As a kid growing up in New York, her family would get dressed in their pajamas on Christmas Eve and load up into the station wagon. They'd drive around to see the decorated houses, rating their favorites.  They didn’t celebrate Christmas, though. They’re Jewish, so they celebrate Hanukkah. “We didn’t pretend to be something we weren’t just to fit in for the holiday," Pottorff said. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is "an eight-day celebration to commemorate the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in...

'Don't forget that sense of family': Hanukkah celebrators embrace Zoom during COVID-19 era Jasmine Vaughn-Hall, York Daily Record Hanukkah services go virtual, but the latkes are still delicious Robyn Pottorff is keen on traditions.  As a kid growing up in New York, her family would get dressed in their pajamas on Christmas Eve and load up into the station wagon. They'd drive around to see the decorated houses, rating their favorites.  © Submitted The Pottorff family celebrates the second night of Hanukkah in their Springettsbury Township home. They didn’t celebrate Chr...