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Lowell City officials, Rabbi Zalman Gurkow and residents gather for Hanukkah candle lighting, call for solidarity after overseas attacks
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Lowell City officials and residents gathered for a Hanukkah candle‑lighting ceremony where speakers condemned recent anti‑Semitic attacks abroad, shared personal accounts, collected charity donations and lit the menorah together.
Lowell City officials, religious leaders and local residents gathered for a public Hanukkah candle‑lighting ceremony where speakers condemned recent anti‑Semitic attacks overseas and urged community solidarity.
Rabbi Zalman Gurkow, who led the evening’s prayers and reflections, said the community must respond to violence by increasing acts of kindness and charity. “The question we have to ask tonight is not so much why did it happen, but what can we do about it?”…
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