Moscow cancels the Hanukkah Menorah lighting ceremony for the first time since 1991
On December 14, according to a news office of Russia's Chief Rabbi Beryl Lazar, the large Hanukkah Menorah lighting ceremony, held to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, was canceled for the first time since 1991 in the center of Moscow. The RIA Novosti news office stated: "Due to safety concerns, the Moscow City Government did not approve the Hanukkah Menorah candle lighting ceremony on the Revolution Square in Moscow."
For the past thirty years since 1991, this square has held traditional candle lighting events every year.
On the same day, a Hanukkah celebration event in the Bondi Beach area of Sydney was attacked by gunfire, resulting in 12 deaths and 29 injuries. An armed attacker was killed, another attacker received medical treatment, and a third attacker turned himself in to the police.
Beryl Lazar pointed out that the attack on the Sydney beach was an absolute manifestation of evil, highlighting the danger of the spread of international terrorism. He emphasized: "Terrorists and all their financiers, arms providers, and supporters should bear joint responsibility for this terrorist attack."
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