Jewish USPS official glad to preside over first-day-of-issue event for ‘beautiful’ Chanukah stamp

Jewish USPS official glad to preside over first-day-of-issue event for ‘beautiful’ Chanukah stamp

“I’m very excited to be able to participate in a stamp dedication that is something that is representative of a joyous, celebratory Jewish tradition,” Carrie Rieger Brownlie told JNS.

USPS to release a new Hanukkah stamp

Hanukkah is an eight-night Jewish holiday observed by millions in the United States and worldwide. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. and the miracle of oil that burned for eight days.