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Fremont hosts Grand Menorah Lighting Ceremony Tuesday

Crowds gather during the lighting of the menorah on Fremont Street and Fourth Street on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By JOHN PRZYBYS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
December 16, 2014 - 11:30 am
 

The Fremont Street Experience will celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah on Tuesday with this year’s edition of downtown Las Vegas’ Grand Menorah Lighting Ceremony.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Fremont and Fourth streets.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman will light the menorah. Rabbi Shea Harlig, director of Chabad of Southern Nevada, then will lead a ceremony to welcome the celebration of Jewish religious freedom and identity that also is known as the Festival of Lights.

Also participating in Tuesday’s ceremony will be Jeff Victor, president of the Fremont Street Experience.

Hanukkah this year begins on Tuesday evening and concludes on Christmas Eve, Dec . 24. The grand menorah will remain on display during the holiday season.

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