The city of Moncton is removing the annual menorah display during Hanukkah after 20 years and the Mayor's rationale, citing a 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision separating church and state and disallowing councils from beginning meetings with prayer is being challenged nationally and described as cowardly and motivated by fear of anti-Semitic demonstrators. Meanwhile Christian symbols like angels will continue to be displayed at city hall. Moncton's Jewish population is challenging the decision by a now unavailable for further comment Mayor Dawn Arnold

Guest: Leigh Lampert. Moncton based lawyer and member of the Moncton synagogue board of directors. A member of the city's Jewish delegation who met with Mayor Arnold.

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