Glenn Youngkin blasts Virginia arts festival canceling Hanukkah celebration: 'Absurd and antisemitic'

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin did not mince words at the news of an Old Dominion town's art and music festival canceling a Hanukkah menorah lighting. On Sunday, LoveLight Placemaking, the nonprofit that runs Williamsburg, Virginia's 2nd Sundays Art and Music Festival, canceled a scheduled menorah lighting featuring a local rabbi, citing Israel's war against the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. "Singling out the Jewish community by canceling this Hanukkah celebration is absurd and antisemitic," Youngkin tweeted on Monday. "The event organizers should immediately reconsider their actions and move forward with the...