The Brooklyn Paper Incites Menorah Envy

 Photo via Time Out NY Kids

Just to prove I mean what I said about FIPS going both ways this holiday season, I present to you this Hanukkah-themed post:

Remember that menorah I mentioned in yesterday's article  about the Christmas tree-less Grand Army Plaza? Well, in what the Brooklyn Paper calls the "Brooklyn Menorah War," the trusty 3-story ancient symbol of an 8 night Jewish miracle is at the center of a fight over who's menorah is bigger Brooklyn's official menorah. The festive article, which is sprinkled both haphazardly and awkwardly with yiddish phrases, features a battle royale between an uncle-nephew duo who have apparently been duking this out for years.  

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