Shop Toope joins Jewish community to celebrate Hanukkah The ceremony was the first of its kind to be officially hosted by the University. Toope was joined by Rabbi Reuven Leigh and the UL’s Director of Services. Toope’s spokesperson hoped the ceremony would send a message of “enduring friendship” to Jewish students and colleagues. University of Cambridge by Jacob Freedland Tuesday November 30 2021, 9:41pm The Vice-Chancellor, Stephen Toope, joined Cambridge’s Jewish community yesterday evening (29/11) to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light. Toope, whose wife is Jewish, lit the first candle of the hanukkiah (a nine-branched candle holder) and...