#menorah

#menorah

A menorah erected in Travers Park was vandalized early Sunday morning in an apparent antisemitic attack one day before a scheduled public Hanukkah lighting ceremony in the park. The menorah, erected by the Jackson Heights Chabad on 76th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue, was spray painted with foam during the incident, with vandals targeting the menorah's center support beam. Local residents cleaned the menorah in time for the Dec. 14 public lighting ceremony on the first day of Hanukkah. However, Rabbi Meir Pape of the Jackson Heights Chabad told the New York Post that the act of vandalizing a menorah stands as a "statement."