LOS ANGELES (KABC) — As the primary evening of Hanukkah started Sunday, the Jewish group celebrated all through Southern California, together with holding an enormous road pageant within the Pico-Robertson district.
Mayor Karen Bass attended the festivities, serving to gentle the menorah to mark the beginning of the eight-day vacation. Tons of of households attended to take pleasure in stay music, video games, meals and a road truthful.
However the celebration additionally got here with a somber observe. A latest report famous that hate crimes, together with antisemitic acts, are on the rise in Los Angeles County.
The newest annual report from the Los Angeles County Fee on Human Relations discovered that in 2021, hate crimes grew by 23%, to hit their highest degree in 19 years.
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The town’s new mayor says that’s merely unacceptable.
“I consider that that kind of hatred – there is no such thing as a place for it on this world, however particularly in our metropolis,” Bass stated.
Rabbi Chaim Cunin with Chabad of California, which helped set up the Pico-Robertson pageant, stated the occasion helps unfold a constructive message.
“Hanukkah teaches us the ability of 1 little candle to rework the world of darkness,” Cunin stated. “What higher manner than to try this right here joyously, proudly, lovingly – to embrace the lights of Hanukkah and to unfold its love and light-weight all through the world.”
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