Police open probe after woman blows out Chanukah candles

(JNS) — Police opened an investigation on Friday after security camera footage showed a woman in Muslim religious garb blowing out Chanukah menorah candles at a Tel Aviv shopping mall.

If the woman is identified, police are expected to charge her under Article 170 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes the desecration or damage of places of worship or sacred objects with the intent or awareness. The offense carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison.

In video taken at the Weizmann City Mall, an indoor mall located next to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), the woman in...