Hanukkah begins Thursday at sundown, and the Jewish community in Montreal is preparing, but with the Israel-Hamas war raging on, this year s "Festival of Lights" is stained with sadness.
Shauli Talmor and other Montrealers with Palestinian or Jewish families and loved ones affected by the Hamas attack on Israel are anxiously keeping an eye on what's happening in their homeland. "I would never hope that something like that would happen," Talmor says.