Rabbi Leibel Cohen, choir director of Cheder Menachem Elementary School, leads students as they practice before a Hanukkah celebration at Los Angeles City Hall. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The choir practices before the ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Mendel Backman, center, gets a close-up look at the menorah outside City Hall as the choir gets into position for the ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Rabbis Chaim Cunin, left and Yossi Baitelman chat before the ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl secures a yarmulke to his head as he joins fellow council members and rabbis from Chabad of California for the ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa helps light the menorah. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Los Angeles City Council dance with rabbis around the menorah at City Hall. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
