The Village of Pomona held its public menorah lighting at the Pomona Village Hall on Ladentown Road.
The event was attended by Congressman Mike Lawler, Assemblyman Pat Carol, Assemblyman elect Aron Wieder, Rockland County DA Tom Walsh, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips and Pomona mayor Ilan Fuchs. Attended as well by Haverstraw councilman Ralph W. Kirschkel, Pomona Deputy Mayor Mendy Lasker and Trustees Raanan Zidile and Joel Grunwald, NRSP Chief Shimi Teicher and Ari Rosenblum of the Rockland Jewish federation, along with about 75 residents of the village.
The officials spoke about the importance of Chanukah and spreading the light.
Congressman Lawler shared that he is proud to be “the voice of sanity in Washington” in an environment that has so much insanity and continue to be a voice for the Jewish people in Israel and around the world in these challenging times.
Assemblyman Elect Wieder shared that for thousands of years we lit the Menorah to commemorate the miracle of Chanukah and that the Lubavitcher rebbe took it to the next level by having public menorah lightings including on government property which gather the communities together and spread the light worldwide.
Supervisor Specht shared that The menorah symbolizes the Jewish people’s existence from thousands of years ago until now and reminds us that thousands of years ago, the most powerful empires of the world wanted the Jewish people to disappear and give up their religion and their culture and vanish as Jews. And today these empires are gone, and the Jewish people are stronger than ever.
Haverstraw supervisor Philips concluded with wishes to the community.
Supervisor Specht was given the honor of making the brochos and lighting the menorah along with the other elected officials.
