(Editor’s note: St. Eustace Episcopal Church and the Lake Placid Synagogue issued the following statement on Monday, April 1.) To the editor: At this time
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(Provided photo - Metro) LAKE PLACID On the first night of Hanukkah this year, the light of the menorah shone bright from afar. From his home in Lake Placid, Rabbi Alec Friedmann of the Lake Placid Synagogue led a virtual menorah lighting on Thursday night. He plans to do the same each night until Dec. 17. At this time of year, the synagogue’s social hall would normally be lined with menorahs. Families would come together to light the candles one by one and eat special foods bagels and cream cheese, and perhaps latkes or donuts, depending on where your family was from and their economic status, according to Friedmann. But this tradition, like so many others, has moved online as the coronavirus pandemic continues.