Seasonal & Holidays
West Haven Menorah Lighting Marks Jewish Festival of Lights
The city held the annual lighting of the menorah on the Green this week.
WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured) State Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford, leads, from left, state Rep. Charles J. Ferraro, R-West Haven, Mayor Nancy R. Rossi, state Rep. Michael A. DiMassa, D-West Haven, and Rossi’s executive assistant, Louis P. Esposito Jr., in a Jewish blessing at the sundown celebration of the first day of Hanukkah during the annual lighting of the menorah Dec. 12 on the Green.
The ceremonial lighting, also attended by Rossi transition team member Thomas J. McCarthy and city Human Resources Commissioner Beth A. Sabo, marks the Jewish Festival of Lights, an eight-day commemoration of rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees after their victory over the Syrians.
(City Photo/Michael P. Walsh)
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