To help celebrate the 13th (bar mitzvah year) anniversary of Taglit Birthright Israel, the program that provides free trips to Israel for young adults, a reunion party for participants was held on Dec. 9, the first day-second evening of Chanukah, at Hillel Milwaukee on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. Lighting the chanukiyah are (from left) Aaron Epstein, Blake Brooks, and Nashira Young. Photo provided by Michal Makov-Peled.