With antisemitism on the rise, Jewish leaders find solidarity at Kansas City Hall menorah...

The city celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of a 12-foot-tall menorah outside City Hall and a lighting ceremony inside the chambers. Jewish leaders say this display of unity is just the first step in combatting increasing antisemitism.
Dozens of people watched in the cold in front of City Hall on Sunday as a 12-foot-tall menorah was lit in observance of the first night of Hanukkah.

With hate crimes on the rise across the country, Gavriella Geller, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau, American Jewish Committee Kansas City, said events like these are more important than ever.

“We're actually supposed to light our menorahs in our windows facing the street so that everybody can see them, because we are not supposed to be hiding the fact that we're Jewish,” Geller said. “We're supposed to be loudly proclaiming that.”