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Festival of Lights Shines Over Borough
 - Courier Life Publications

 Read this article on Courier Life.com

December 21, 2006

 Rabbi Hershel Okonov (left) and engineer Yakov Friedman, who constructed the Menorah, illuminate the giant beauty. Photo by Steve Solomonson.

The spirit of the season burned brightly when observers ushered in the Festival of Lights – drawing the young and the young-at-heart – to Brighton Beach in celebration of Hanukkah.

Mom, dad and the kids joined like-minded revelers at the intersection of Brighton 11th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue, where they ignited festivities by illuminating a giant Menorah.

The outdoor spectacle was presented by Friends of Eastern Europe Synagogue.

 

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