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Chabad of Elon University’s Menorah Vandalized

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A large menorah was knocked down in front of the Chabad center at Elon University in North Carolina. Surveillance video shows a car stopping on the road in front of the Chabad center in Elon, the driver exiting and then knocking over the menorah in the front yard at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, the local NBC affiliate WXII12 reported. The damage is estimated at $3,000 • Full Story

Thousands Join Lighting At Eiffel Tower

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Thousands of Jews from Paris and its environs filled the plaza in front of the Eiffel Tower to participate in the annual Menorah lighting that took place this year on the first night of Chanukah • Photos

Replica Menorah Finally Available

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For the first time, a menorah made exactly like the one in the Beis Hamkidash is available for sale. The menorah was first designed by Shluchim from Russia who worked on it hand in hand with design engineers for over 3 years to reach perfection • Full Story

Two Students Charged for Vandalism

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Two University of Illinois students were issued notices to appear in court Monday on felony charges in connection with the fourth incidence of vandalism to the menorah outside the Chabad Center for Jewish Life since 2015 • Full Story

Chabad Menorah Vandalized Again

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The menorah in front of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was vandalized for the fourth time in two years. Security cameras caught two people pushing a shopping cart walking by the Chabad center on the southern Illinois campus on Friday night trying to move the entire 9-foot menorah • Full Story

Arrested Teens to Meet with Holocaust Survivor

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Three teens pleaded guilty to criminal damaging charges for twisting a large decorative menorah in the front yard of an Arizona family’s home into a swastika. The teens, who were arrested in March and charged as juveniles in the December incident in a residential neighborhood in Chandler, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Maricopa County Court • Full Story

Group Vandalizes Chabad House Menorah

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The menorah that stands on the lawn outside of San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Chabad House was damaged Friday morning by a group of men using one of its lower arms as a pull up bar, multiple witnesses tell NBC 7 • Full Story

Judge Scalia’s Chabad Connection

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Renowned Attorney Nat Lewin penned his memories of the late US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who died recently • ” In cases I argued before the court, he voted with a court majority (against the ACLU and the American Jewish Congress) to sustain the Chabad menorah in front of Pittsburgh’s City Hall…” • Read More

Kenya’s President, Shliach Pray at Western Wall

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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Israel this week for his first-ever visit to the Jewish country. Today, on his trip to the Western Wall, Uhuru was escorted by Kenya’s Shliach R’ Shmuel Notik. Standing at the base of the Temple Mount, the Shliach gifted him a beautiful Menorah that bore a personal message of thanks • Photos