Dozens gathered Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah, to celebrate the lighting of a new menorah in front of the Hyatt Place hotel on Main Street.
“This menorah is a community menorah,” Sasha Aber said. “So many people contributed – small amounts to large amounts. It is wonderful to have it in this town, to light up the town.”
Aber has spent the last two years advocating for a community menorah to join the City of Newark’s annual Christmas tree, as a way to promote inclusion and celebrate Newark’s diversity…