My dear antisemites, Hanukkah, Purim, and Passover are all holidays celebrating the defeat of enemies who tried to destroy us. While we're flattered by your selfless efforts to create a new Jewish holiday, we really can't afford the calories. Thanks anyway.

Jill and I stand with the Jewish community in Australia as they face unimaginable loss and suffering following a targeted attack at a Hanukkah celebration. It’s shocking and unconscionable. We must unite against violence and antisemitism, and give hate no safe harbor anywhere in the world. For Jewish people lighting a menorah tonight: I know that it is hard to find hope while carrying sorrow. But your resilience and capacity to find faith and joy despite centuries of persecution and pain has always been your light. We must never lose hope.