The annual Lighting of the Menorah is set for Thursday night in downtown Detroit. But after the attack on Israel and now the war in Gaza, there are heightened security concerns as well as the potential for protests.
There is an underlying concern with everything going on right now overseas in this celebration, amid the Israel and Hamas war. Detroit police have promised that security will be top of mind, more than ever.
In the shadow of the attack on Israel and now the land war in Gaza, the annual Menorah lighting in Detroit went off amid tight security and a small protest.
You can expect a beefed-up police presence downtown on Thursday night for the lighting of the Menorah in the D as increased threats have been made to the Metro Detroit Jewish community.
The son and daughter of Israeli hostages will take part in Thursday's Menorah in the D. Yair Moses and Ella Ben Ami traveled to Detroit from Israel for the event.