Dating back to ancient times, Hanukkah is not one of Judaism's most important or holiest holidays, but it is one of its most well-known.
In a video released by police, the suspect is seen walking past the Jewish display, reaching out, and snapping one of the branches of the menorah.
How appropriate that the national emblem of the State of Israel includes a Menorah, symbolically marking the full cycle of Jewish history.
HANUKKAH AFFAIRS: In the quiet of the ruined home, with the menorah’s flames flickering, a story of human endurance, of light persevering through the deepest darkness, was told.
Miketz opens with Joseph rising from the darkness of prison to great light, while Hanukkah celebrates the end of darkness with the Maccabean rise to power.
Harvard President Claudine Gay took part in a lighting of the hanukkiah on campus this week.
As Jewish communities around the US celebrated Hanukkah over the past week, stories of vandalism and destruction circulated as public menorahs were targeted.
The ceremony was attended by Knesset members and representatives from Israeli security forces.
In order to break the record all 1,200 menorahs had to be lit within five minutes.
One of the protesters climbed a menorah on the New Haven Green and put a Palestinian flag between the candle holders.
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