Statehouse menorah lighting reaffirms SC support of Israel amid ongoing conflict
COLUMBIA — At the annual menorah lighting on the Statehouse steps, elected officials and Jewish leaders echoed one refrain: South Carolina stands with Israel. Even as major events celebrating the eight-day festival of lights were canceled or toned down elsewhere amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas that has so far claimed thousands of Israeli and Palestinian lives, the 18th annual Isadore E. Lourie Memorial Hanukkah Menorah Lighting in Columbia […]