--- title: President Obama White House Hanukkah Reception Livestream description: President Obama is hosting his final Hanukkah reception at the White House on Wednesday afternoon canonical: https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T15:35:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:18:07.674Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Obama Hosts the White House Hanukkah Reception og:description: His last one as president og:url: https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b16bef013ac9fe7/69889fed196cf47f9003c9dc/a6308523.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Obama Hosts the White House Hanukkah Reception twitter:description: His last one as president twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b16bef013ac9fe7/69889fed196cf47f9003c9dc/a6308523.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Obama Hosts the White House Hanukkah Reception by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 14, 2016 3:35 PM UTC  President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016. President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.Benjamin Lowy for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 14, 2016 3:35 PM UTC [President Obama](http://time.com/4302043/barack-obama-2016-time-100/) is hosting his final [Hanukkah](http://time.com/4137849/hanukkah-lesson/) reception at the White House on Wednesday afternoon. For the final candle-lighting of his presidency to mark the Jewish holiday, Obama will use a menorah that belonged to the family of the late Israeli president [Shimon Peres](http://time.com/4490146/shimon-peres-israel-president-dead-obituary/), [_Haaretz_](http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.758556) reports. Peres’ son Chemi Peres and granddaughter Mika Almog have been invited. Hanukkah itself begins on the evening of Dec. 24\. The White House event is scheduled to take place at about 3:50 p.m. E.T. You can watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Obama Hosts the White House Hanukkah Reception","datePublished":"2016-12-14T15:35:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:18:07.674Z","description":"His last one as president","url":"https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b16bef013ac9fe7/69889fed196cf47f9003c9dc/a6308523.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b16bef013ac9fe7/69889fed196cf47f9003c9dc/a6308523.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL DNC","caption":"President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.","creditText":"Benjamin Lowy for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/","name":"Watch Live: President Obama Hosts the White House Hanukkah Reception"}}]}] ```