Menorah in the D honors ancient tradition, Pittsburgh victims

Each Hanukkah, Erika Bocknek marvels at the multiple menorahs illuminating her family’s home as night falls. On Sunday, to mark the Jewish holiday beginning at sunset, the Farmington Hills resident received a torch representing a flame that lit a massive steel and glass version of the traditional candelabra during the Menorah in the D event in Detroit’s Campus Martius Park. In addition to honoring an ancient tradition, Bocknek took part with more than 100 others in a moment of silence and a song of faith to honor the victims of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead. PHOTO: Detroit mayor Mike Duggan, left, with U.S. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence at the Menorah in the D celebration