The 2018 White House Hanukkah Party was held on December 6.
It had been scheduled for December 5, but was postponed for the state funeral of former President George H. W. Bush.
The event comprised two receptions, one at 3 p.m. and another at 7 p.m., in order to accommodate a larger guest list.
Following criticism of the absence of Congressional Democrats from the 2017 reception, invitations were extended to all Jewish members of Congress.
Other attendees included U.S. envoy to Israel Ron Dermer and tycoon Sheldon Adelson.

At the afternoon reception, Trump honored eight Holocaust survivors.
At the evening reception, he honored Andrew Pollack, father of student Meadow Pollack, one of the victims of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Trump stated that the menorah was being lit in Meadow Pollack's memory.
During his remarks, Trump noted that the date marked the one-year anniversary of the United States' official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In other remarks, he remembered the murder of 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, saying that "we reaffirmed our solemn duty to confront anti-Semitism everywhere…[We] must stamp out this vile hatred from the world".

In November 2019, CNN reported that Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, had been photographed at the 2018 White House Hanukkah Party with Russian–American businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman; Parnas had posted the picture on his Twitter page.
Afterwards the four reportedly repaired to a private room where Trump allegedly asked them to help with a scheme to coerce the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
When Parnas and Fruman were arrested in October 2019, Trump stated that he did not know the two men.
The 2018 White House Hanukkah Party was held on December 6. It had been scheduled for December 5, but was postponed for the state funeral of former President George H. W. Bush. The event comprised two receptions, one at 3 p.m. and another at 7 p.m., in order to accommodate a larger guest list. Following criticism of the absence of Congressional Democrats from the 2017 reception, invitations were extended to all Jewish members of Congress. Other attendees included U.S. envoy to Israel Ron Dermer and tycoon Sheldon Adelson.
At the afternoon reception, Trump honored eight Holocaust survivors. At the evening reception, he honored Andrew Pollack, father of student Meadow Pollack, one of the victims of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Trump stated that the menorah was being lit in Meadow Pollack's memory. During his remarks, Trump noted that the date marked the one-year anniversary of the United States' official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In other remarks, he remembered the murder of 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, saying that "we reaffirmed our solemn duty to confront anti-Semitism everywhere…[We] must stamp out this vile hatred from the world".
In November 2019, CNN reported that Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, had been photographed at the 2018 White House Hanukkah Party with Russian–American businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman; Parnas had posted the picture on his Twitter page. Afterwards the four reportedly repaired to a private room where Trump allegedly asked them to help with a scheme to coerce the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. When Parnas and Fruman were arrested in October 2019, Trump stated that he did not know the two men.
White House Hanukkah Party