PHOTO GALLERY: MU students attend menorah lighting event

December 10, 2012 | 7:38 p.m. CST

Students ate latkes, listened to Hanukkah music and watched a 9-foot tall menorah be lit at an event organized by the Chabad Jewish Student Organization in the MU Student Center on Monday evening.

Jeremy Hershey-Nexon, president of MU's Chabad Jewish Student Organization, lights candles on a 9-foot menorah Monday at the MU Student Center in celebration of the third night of Hanukkah. | Marysa Greenawalt

Rabbi Avremi Lapine plays Hanukkah music from his iPod at the MU Student Center during a menorah lighting event Monday evening. | Marysa Greenawalt

MU students eat latkes during a menorah lighting event at the MU Student Center on Monday. Latkes are potato pancakes traditionally eaten during Hanukkah. | Marysa Greenawalt