{"source_url": "https://www.richmond-news.com", "url": "https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-jewish-community-reacts-to-machete-attack-1.24044407", "title": "Richmond Jewish community reacts to Machete attack", "top_image": "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24044408.1577843386!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/facebookogimage_560_292/02jewishreactiontostabbing1-jpg.jpg", "meta_img": "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24044408.1577843386!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/facebookogimage_560_292/02jewishreactiontostabbing1-jpg.jpg", "images": ["https://assets2.glaciermedia.ca/gmg/via/images/bcia4.jpg", "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24044408.1577843386!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/02jewishreactiontostabbing1-jpg.jpg", "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.23654179.1577783476!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_58/4c18215505b0d42e8fe8cdf4583c31a351563809-jpg.jpg", "https://www.richmond-news.com/gmg/img/loading.gif", "https://www.richmond-news.com/logger/p.gif?a=1.24044407&d=/2.2551/2.2855/2.2848", "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24044409.1577830427!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/02jewishreactiontostabbing2-jpg.jpg", "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.23913958.1577840790!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_58/d83a8580bfba500388ef5a28d566eee7c4698e9d-jpg.jpg", "https://assets2.glaciermedia.ca/gmg/via/images/bcia5.jpg", "https://assets2.glaciermedia.ca/gmg/via/images/bcia2.jpg", "https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24044408.1577843386!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/facebookogimage_560_292/02jewishreactiontostabbing1-jpg.jpg", "https://assets2.glaciermedia.ca/gmg/via/images/bcia3.jpg", "https://www.richmond-news.com/polopoly_fs/1.23135429.1515026078!/fileImage/httpImage/richmond-logo-2018.png", "https://assets2.glaciermedia.ca/gmg/via/images/teaser-1.jpg", "https://www.richmond-news.com/gmg/img/logos/richmond-logo-2018.png"], "movies": [], "text": "Richmond\u2019s Jewish community was determined to not let the tragedy that took place at a New York menorah lighting Saturday night dim their celebration the next day, which marked the end of Hannukah.\n\nIn fact, \u201cthe best way to combat darkness and hate is with light and love,\u201d said Michael Sachs, the past-president of Richmond\u2019s Bayit Synagogue.\n\narticle continues below\n\n\u201cWe want to light up our menorah to shine a light on the fact that the way we are going to respond to hatred is love, kindness and good deeds.\u201d\n\nOn Dec. 29, dozens of members of the local Jewish community came together with Levi Varnai, a rabbi with Richmond\u2019s Bayit synagogue, to light the eighth candle of Hanukkah, hoping to shed light during a \u201cdark time\u201d for the Jewish community.\n\nThat dark time refers to the previous night when people gathered at a rabbi\u2019s home in New York to celebrate the seventh night of Hanukkah. In the midst of the event, a man with a machete entered the home and wounded five people.\n\nSaturday was the seventh night of Hanukkah, the Jewish eight-day wintertime \u201cfestival of lights.\u201d\n\nIn response to the attack, Sachs began using the hashtag \u201clight against hate\u201d on different social media platforms to show solidarity with, and support for, its victims. The concept has spread across North America over the last 20 hours.\n\nAccording to Sachs, he has received an outpouring of love and support since launching the campaign.\n\n\u201cEvery synagogue in Vancouver used that hashtag,\u201d said Sachs, adding that the idea has also gained support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.\n\n\u201cWe are hearing and reading about the hatred towards the Jewish community, but in Richmond and across Canada, many people who are non-Jewish are standing up and saying, \u2018no,\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are grateful to all those who try to bring more light into the world and drive out the darkness.\u201d\n\nAlso joining the event on Sunday night were Ezra S. Shanken, CEO with the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Richmond councilor Chak Au and Bill McNulty and B.C. 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