Damaged U of Illinois Menorah Will Be Raised Again

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) –The director of a Jewish center on the University of Illinois campus says a 9-foot menorah that was knocked over will be temporarily raised. But he hopes to soon have a larger, sturdier replacement.

Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel told The News-Gazette in Champaign that the damaged menorah will be re-erected Sunday morning at the Illini Chabad Jewish Center. He says the center has raised more than $7,500 toward the cost of a new menorah since the existing one was vandalized Wednesday.

Campus police spokesman Patrick Wade says that so far investigators don’t have any suspects.

Security-camera video shows a young man knocking it over before 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

It was the second time this year someone has knocked down the menorah.

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