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Generally Speaking: Week of December 6

Remember Pearl Harbor on December 7

Friday, December 7, is the 71st anniversary of the sneak attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941. Thirty five hundred Americans were killed or wounded on the day, described by President Franklin D …

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Brooklyn celebrates start of Hanukkah

Two huge menorahs were lit on the evening of December 20, asBrooklyn Jews marked the start of Hanukkah, the annual festival oflights.

At Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Borough President MartyMarkowitz presided over the 5 p.m. lighting of Brooklyn’s officialmenorah – the candelabra tha …

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