Not All Jews in Seattle Want Public Menorah ; Airport Controversy Stirs Debate

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SEATTLE When Diana Raphael Carver of Snohomish, Wash., takes her menorah out each year, she is reminded of eating potato pancakes at Hanukkah celebrations when she was a child, and looks forward to observing the holiday with her own daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter.

When she lights the menorah's candles beginning at sundown Friday, it will be a time for reflection. That's why she doesn't like the idea of displaying a menorah at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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Not All Jews in Seattle Want Public Menorah ; Airport Controversy Stirs Debate

"It cheapens Hanukkah" and reduces the menorah to a decoration, said Carver, a retired advertising executive. "It takes away from what Hanukkah really m...

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