Kiryat Shemona, Israel’s recently inaugurated mayor, Rabbi Nissim Malka, lit the first candle of the giant Chanukah menorah erected by the local Chabad-Lubavitch center, completing a circle started 21 years ago.

Back then, Malka lit the very same menorah on occasion of the first Chanukah at the Chabad House opened that year by Rabbi Yigal and Irit Tzipori.

At the time, Malka served as the head of the region’s religious council. …