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By Abigail Klein Leichman - December 2, 2021
“It felt awesome,” said Rana Fahoum, CEO of the Jerusalem International YMCA, the morning after at least 1,500 people watched the Christmas tree lighting on the regal building’s front lawn.
“Last year we did our Christmas celebrations online; we broadcast our tree lighting through social media. But we were here alone,” she said, as public participation was cancelled due to Covid. “It didn’t feel like our YMCA.”
What a difference a year makes.
“We were so happy to see the front lawn was literally packed,” Fahoum tells ISRAEL21c. “There were even people standing on the outside walls.”
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