A large menorah knocked over earlier this year outside a University of Illinois Jewish center has been repaired and rededicated.
The center candle of the menorah at the university's Chabad Center was lit Monday by center director Rabbi DovidTiechtel and interim university Chancellor Barbara Wilson.
A group of students lit two other candles, and many in the crowd of 150 people sang songs as they marked the second night of Hanukkah.
Tiechtel says his community's faith has grown stronger following the Aug. 19 vandalism. He says $7,500 has been raised for a new 9-foot menorah, and he's confident it will be installed next year.
University of Illinois police say a Parkland College student charged in the vandalism told them he planned to take the menorah to a Jewish friend.
