LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Following a deadly attack at an Australian Chanukah event earlier in the day, the Jewish community in Arkansas came together on Sunday night to light the state’s largest public menorah in west Little Rock. The celebration was carried out under increased security.
At 5:30 p.m., the menorah was lit at the intersection of Bowman Road and Chenal Parkway. Following the attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, the event was planned in close coordination with law enforcement, according to organizers. There were several state troopers on the scene.
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The community was shocked by the violence, according to Rabbi Pinchus Ciment, director of Lubavitch of Arkansas, and prayed for the wounded and the families of the dead.
“An attack on the Jewish community of Sydney is an attack on the Jews all over the world,” Ciment said…