Acworth Plans First Menorah Lighting
Today's event is one way the city will celebrate diversity.
For years, the city of Acworth has worked at celebrating diversity. So, adding a menorah lighting event this year for Hanukkah was a natural fit. City officials approached Rabbi Zalman Charytan with the Chabad Jewish Center in Kennesaw with the idea, and the rabbi helped the city procure a large menorah, which now stands at the intersection of Main Street and Cowan Road. "I said, 'Can we have a lighting, and would you come do that?'" Mayor Tommy Allegood said. "I think it’s important that we as a community create that tradition." At the lighting event, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. today, Attorney General Sam Olens will speak on behalf of the state, and Charytan will share a Hanukkah message. "The message of Hanukkah is not only a Jewish …
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