December 24, 2000
Source: New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-12-24/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-93447.asp
On December 24, 2000, the New York Daily News reported published a story entitled "Emigres Free At Last To Observe Chanukah" in which immigrants, mainly from the former Soviet Union, speak of times when they were not allowed to practice their faith.