German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for solidarity and compassion for Jews in Germany as he lit the first candle for the beginning of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. “This is particularly important at this time,” Scholz said in Berlin on Thursday. “This is how each and every one of us can give strength to the words ‘Never again.'” Scholz lit the first light on a tall Hanukkah candelabrum with nine branches, known as a menorah or hannukiah, at the Brandenburg Gate. He said that it was appropriate for this candelabrum to stand in the heart of the German capital – “as a symbol of ho…