Moroccan government officials joined the Jewish community's Chanukah festivities for the first time. (L-R: Rabbi Levi Banon, director of Jeunesse Chabad of Morocco; Armand Azeroual, president of Chabad institutions in Morocco; Gabriel Ruimy, president of David Hamelech Synagogue of Casablanca; Said Ahmidouch, wali of Casablanca-Settat region; Serge Berdugo, ambassador-at-large and president of the Council of Jewish Communities; Rachid Afirat, the governor of Casablanca-Anfa prefecture; and Pierre Sibony, president of the SOC.)
