Hate crime investigation underway after large menorah destroyed, thrown in lake in Oakland, California

Police have opened a hate crime investigation after a 9-foot-tall menorah was destroyed and thrown into a lake in Oakland, California, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The Chabad Jewish Center of Oakland inaugurated a new menorah Wednesday night in the place where it said the original was "brutally desecrated." Hundreds attended Wednesday night's lighting, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

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