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BALTIMORE - A menorah parade leading to McKeldin Square kicked off the festivities Tuesday night. More than 200 people gathered to enjoy music, dancing, and tasty treats.

BALTIMORE — Gov.-elect Larry Hogan is helping Maryland’s Jewish community celebrate Hanukkah by lighting a 30-foot menorah in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
The Republican leader joins other dignitaries at the event Tuesday night in McKeldin Square.

“The Menorah serves as a symbol of Baltimore’s dedication to preserve and encourage the right and liberty of all its citizens to worship God freely, openly, and with pride,” said Chabad of Downtown’s Rabbi Levi Druk. “Specifically this year, as Baltimore commemorates the war of 1812, the Menorah’s message takes on profound significance, of the victory of freedom over tyranny.”

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BY MARC SHAPIRO

... up in Baltimore's McKeldin Square for the final night of Hanukkah on Wednesday. A parade of cars with smaller menorahs on their ... celebration of the Jewish holiday. The event, which is put on by Chabad Lubavitch of Downtown Baltimore, drew about 450 people, organizers ...

Mayor Rawlings-Blake attends the Grand Menorah Lighting and Chanukah Celebration

Among those affected by the furlough is Baltimore resident David Bernstein, who has been putting his unanticipated time off to good use. He spent what ordinarily would have been a work day helping his local Chabad rabbi take down sukkahs that had been erected at public venues around the city.

Look for installation this coming week of a nearly 30-foot menorah in McKeldin Square at the Inner Harbor. It will be the second year the giant symbol of Hanukkah will grace one of the city’s busiest corners.

After a long caravan of cars with Chanukah Menorahs perched on their roofs and escorted by Baltimore City Police made their way down a wet Jones Falls Expressway, members of the Baltimore Jewish community joined in celebrating Chanukah.

Jewish community gathers under misty rain for holiday event.
"It can't squash Hanukkah," said Sharon Caplan, of Federal Hill, of the wet weather. "There are still potato latkes, there are still candles. It's still all good."

Ironically, the menorah will be bordered by Light Street on two sides of the block. The menorah was dedicated by Howard Brown in honor of his daughter, Esther Ann.

The Grand Prix of Baltimore returns to city streets next week, and Chabad of Downtown and Moishe House are teaming up to get young Jewish adults in the spirit well before drivers start their engines.
On Friday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m., the weekend race.