Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, center, prepares to light the National Chanukah Menorah during ceremonies on the Ellipse near the White House Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001. At left is Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, national director of American Friends of Lubavitch. At right is Rabbi Levi Shemtov, director of the Washington office of the American Friends of Lubavitch. American Friends of Lubavitch, the sponsor of the annual ceremony, is a Jewish educational and social services organization. Photo by Rick Bowmer (AP)