Chanukah Hanukkah!

 

Any Way You Spell It: Celebrate the Festival of Lights! 

Check out the online community calendar for Chanukah events, programs, and celebrations like the ones listed here to give you a taste of what's in store -- including virtual events and outdoor menorah lightings. Families with young children: don't miss the PJ Library fun. 

DEC 10-16 - 8:00 PM
Gelt: Chanukah Retreat for Couples Retreat to take stock of your relationship to finances

DEC 10-17 - 7:00 PM
8 Nights of Chanukah - Bringing the Miracle of Light into our Lives
Monmouth Reform Temple of Tinton Falls

DEC 11 - 7:30 PM
Shabbat & Chanukah Service with candle lighting
Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple of New Brunswick
 

DEC 11 - 7:00 PM
Shabbat Night Live with Chava Mirel
Temple Shalom of Aberdeen


DEC 11 - 6:30 PM
Night of 100 Zooming Menorahs
A festive evening of Music & Merriment
Temple Rodeph Torah of Marlboro

DEC 14 - 5:00 PM
Light the Menorah Outdoors 
Congregation Agudath Achim / Freehold Jewish Center

DEC 14 - 6:00 PM
Shrewsbury Outdoor Menorah Lighting 
Shrewsbury Town Hall


DEC 11 - 7:00 PM
Chanukahpalooza!
Temple Emanu-El of Edison   


DEC 13 - 4:00 PM
Fair Haven Outdoor Menorah Lighting  

DEC. 15 - 2:00 PM
Candle lightig with Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Omer Yankelovich

DEC 15 - 2:00 PM
Odessa Klezmer Band Hanukkah Concert

DEC 15 - 8:00 PM
A Night of Comedy and Mentalism 
East Brunswick Jewish Center

DEC 15 - 1:30 PM
Virtual Concert in Celebration of Hanukkah 
The JCC of Middlesex County, Congregation Neve Shalom and Temple Emanu-El 

DEC. 17 - 9:00 PM
Matisyahu Festival of Light Special Performance  

 

PJ Library Events

PJ Library in the Heart of NJ invites families to celebrate the holiday together from home.

December 6
Make a Chanukah/Hannukah cake with pastry chef, Tracy Wilk.
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December 9
Make your own clay oil lamp and upcycled menorah.
SOLD OUT

December 13
Join our Chanukah party on December 13 with songwriter and musician, Shira Kobren.
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And don't miss all the PJ Library Parent Ambassadors' Chanukkah fun.
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PJ Library Parent Ambassadors

Our team of PJ Library Parent Ambassadors is making Chanukah happy for families in the heart of NJ. 85 families who signed up for “You’ve Been Dreidle-ed,” will receive a kit with dreidles, gelt, crafts and activities, to deliver to other families of their choice. Each kit includes supplies to make 3 kits, so 255 families will enjoy the holiday cheer.

Kristyn Mednik, our parent ambassador in the Marlboro/Manalapan area, invited families to take short videos of their children singing, dancing, or delivering a Chanukah message for seniors at the Jewish Home of Rehabilitation & Nursing. Kristyn also invited families to make a dreidel snow globe with her on Zoom.

Our Ambassadors are also inviting families on to Zoom for fun parents' parties and family pajama parties, where they will light candles together, sing songs and listen to Chanukah PJ Library stories. 
 
Ambassadors' Facebook groups are filled with conversations on Chanukah gifts, the best places to buy sufganyot, decorations, and more.