By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -A German chancellor for the first time kindled the first flame of the giant Hanukkah Menorah in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate on Thursday in a sign of solidarity with Jewish people two months after the Hamas attacks. “May these days go down in history as a further step in the growth of Jewish life in Germany,” Berlin Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal said, standing alongside Chancellor Olaf Scholz in front of the nine-branched, 10-metre (33-foot) high candelabra marking the eight days of the Jewish Festival of Lights. A crane lifted the two…