Alexandria leaders show support for Jewish community after Hanukkah mass shooting

During a community menorah lighting last night (Monday), Mayor Alyia Gaskins condemned Sunday’s deadly shooting on the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Rabbi Mordechai Newman, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington, hosted the organization’s 23rd annual menorah lighting yesterday at The Lyceum at 201 S. Washington Street.

He was accompanied by Gaskins, Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley and Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, who condemned the attack that killed 15 people and injured 42 others…

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