DEMS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The latkes were fried and the kosher lamb chops were prepared on Thursday, just as in past years, for the first White House Hanukkah party of the Trump era. But there was one prominent break with tradition: President Trump did not invite Democratic lawmakers.
Mr. Trump, who prizes loyalty and seldom forgets a slight, left Democratic members of Congress off his Hanukkah list this year, according to congressional aides tracking the invites. He also did not invite Reform Jewish leaders who have been critical of him or progressive Jewish activists who have differed with him publicly on policy issues.
The move injected a partisan tinge into a normally bipartisan celebration at the White House, where on Thursday Mr. Trump spoke to a crowd standing amid Christmas trees…
Mr. Trump’s young grandchildren, who are Jewish, lit a menorah to mark the occasion.”
-Julie Hirschfeld and Katie Rodgers, “Congressional Democrats Left Out of White House Hanukkah Party,” The New York Times online, Dec. 7, 2017