Hanukkah celebrations ‘difficult’ for Calgary Jewish couple worried about loved ones in Israel

Hanukkah is one of the most joyous of Jewish holidays but some people in the Calgary Jewish community are feeling conflicted about celebrating this year.

Ortal Luzon and Yossi Gruner are high school sweethearts who met and were married in Israel and moved to Calgary four years ago. Luzon was born in Edmonton and moved to Israel at the age of 12.

“My fondest memories of Hanukkah, for me, are togetherness and just stepping into the house and having that smell of all those deep fried…