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Desecrated Modena menorah replaced in time for Hanukkah

Modena residents raised over $1,000 to replace the broken public menorah with an 8-foot version and held a timely Festival of Lights despite a shipping delay.

Summary by Daily Local News
MODENA — West Chester’s Kesher Israel Synagogue’s Rabbi Samuel Yolen is calling the hasty replacement of a public menorah the “miracle of Modena.” It was discovered on Dec. 1 in the town of about 500 residents near Coatesville that the town’s menorah, on display next to a town Christmas tree, had been desecrated and was broken into pieces. With Hanukkah quickly approaching, Modena townspeople banded together and raised enough money to buy a new …

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Daily Local News broke the news in Pennsylvania, United States on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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