Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - $5,000 Monument Menorah Disappears

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A rash of monument thefts, claimed a six-foot bronze menorah erected at the city’s Zozimo Barroso do Amaral Square. According to Rabbi Yehoshua Binyamin Goldman, director of Beit Lubavitch of Rio de Janeiro, burglars apparently cut the menorah into pieces so that it would be easy to melt down. The menorah was constructed six years ago at a cost of $5,000, said the...