In Arizona, vandals turned a Jewish family's menorah into a swastika
When Naomi and Seth Ellis' young sons said that they wanted lights on their house in Chandler, Ariz., like all their neighbors' Christmas decorations, the parents knew what to tell their three Jewish boys: Yes.
One trip to Lowe's, $100 worth of PVC pipe, nine solar-powered lights and a coat of shiny gold paint later, the Ellises had a shining 7-foot-tall Hanukkah menorah on their lawn.
But on Friday morning, the Ellises had something new to tell their boys, and they weren't sure how to say it.
After the boys went to bed on the sixth night of Hanukkah, someone dismantled their special menorah and turned it into a giant swastika.
Read more: http://pilotonline.com/news/nation-world/national/in-arizona-vandals-turned-a-jewish-family-s-menorah-into/article_1b65acff-53a5-5efc-8f2e-20cc3db89a11.html
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