Friday, December 26, 2008
Nanuet Hebrew Center menorah vandalized X-mas Day
X-mas Day vandals knocked down a large aluminum menorah that had stood outside the Nanuet Hebrew Center for at least a decade.
"It's just a little piece of ugliness in the holiday season we can always do without," said Rita Fogelman, president of the Center. "The point they made was 'the heck with you, we can spoil your holiday and we will.' "
The menorah, a large metal stand-alone symbol with straight arms and electric lights, was in place and lit on Dec. 24 when Nanuet Hebrew Center members gathered for the second annual X-mas Eve party, Fogelman said. The center holds the party to give its Jewish members a place to come and celebrate while Christians celebrate X-mas.
When the last people left about 11:30 p.m., the menorah was up. When the building superintendent arrived about 8:30 a.m. Dec. 25, the menorah was lying on the ground, apparently snapped off at the base.
If an arm or light had been broken off, Fogelman said, the menorah could be repaired. The damage to the base renders the symbol un-fixable, she said.
There were footprints by the menorah, but no other marks to identify the vandals. There was no graffiti or other message left behind, just the damage, Fogelman said.
"We were worried if they did our's, they could have gone to other synagogues," Fogelman said.
No other synagogues reported similar vandalism.
http://lohud.com/article/20081226/NEWS03/812260371/-1/newsfront
"It's just a little piece of ugliness in the holiday season we can always do without," said Rita Fogelman, president of the Center. "The point they made was 'the heck with you, we can spoil your holiday and we will.' "
The menorah, a large metal stand-alone symbol with straight arms and electric lights, was in place and lit on Dec. 24 when Nanuet Hebrew Center members gathered for the second annual X-mas Eve party, Fogelman said. The center holds the party to give its Jewish members a place to come and celebrate while Christians celebrate X-mas.
When the last people left about 11:30 p.m., the menorah was up. When the building superintendent arrived about 8:30 a.m. Dec. 25, the menorah was lying on the ground, apparently snapped off at the base.
If an arm or light had been broken off, Fogelman said, the menorah could be repaired. The damage to the base renders the symbol un-fixable, she said.
There were footprints by the menorah, but no other marks to identify the vandals. There was no graffiti or other message left behind, just the damage, Fogelman said.
"We were worried if they did our's, they could have gone to other synagogues," Fogelman said.
No other synagogues reported similar vandalism.
http://lohud.com/article/20081226/NEWS03/812260371/-1/newsfront
Comments:
Ms. Fogelman,if your members feel that they have to celebrate X-mas in the hebrew center,then you definitely do not need the menorah.A cross would have better served the mood. Get your priorities straight. HEBREW centers celebrate hanukah, not x-mas. Churches are for x-mas partys.
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