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Destruction of California Menorah Spurs Hate Crime Investigation

‘STRONGER THAN HATE’

No suspects had been identified as of Thursday after the nine-foot menorah was dismantled and thrown into a nearby lake, police said.

Rabbi Dovid Labkowski, and rabbis in training Moshe Turk and Mendy Stern, of the Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland, from left, place pieces of damaged menorah
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