Chanukah Happenings

CHANUKAH HAPPENINGS

Celebrate the Festival of Lights with us!

FOR ALL

LOBBY LIGHTS
Join us at sundown each night of Chanukah, 4:45-5pm, as our staff leads us in candle lightings!

• December 7: Senior Leadership and Dr. Gayle R. Berg Center for Psychological Resilience
• December 8: Development, Accounting, and our Maintenance team
• December 9: Ruth & Saul Weinberger Center for Jewish Life + Learning
• December 10: Randie Waldbaum Malinsky Center for Israel
• December 11: Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts: Community Theatre and Marketing
• December 12: Center for Community Engagement and Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts
• December 13: Gershwind/Jacobson Health + Wellness Center, Bernice & Ira Waldbaum Family Children’s Center: Youth, and Buslik/Levy Teen Services Center
• December 14: Sandler Family Kehilla Center and Life Skills Training Center

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT: COMMUNITY CHANUKAH CELEBRATION
Celebrate the fourth night of Chanukah with activities! Bring in a canned food items for our can-struction menorah event and to be donated to SJJCC’s Community Needs Bank. Please bring an unwrapped toy for the last day of our toy drive. Thank you to Assembly member Gina Sillitti for helping us bring a smile to a child this holiday season. Due to the inclement weather, the musical portion of the event has been cancelled. 
Sunday, December 10
3-4pm
In partnership with North Shore Synagogue, Plainview Jewish Center, Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Shevet Gefen, Temple Beth Or, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Israel Of Great Neck, Temple Or Elohim A Community Reform Congregation, and The Community Synagogue

SHINE A LIGHT ON ANTISEMITISM
Nassau County will come together for an outdoor menorah lighting and entertainment as we dispel the darkness and say enough is enough with the rise in antisemitism.
At Mid-Island Y JCC
45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview
Tuesday, December 12
7pm

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FOR ADULTS

OIL ABOUT CHANUKAH
Show off your artistic side as we hand paint an olive oil jar to celebrate Chanukah at our paint and sip event! Latkes will also be served.
Monday, December 11
7-9pm
$30 members / $40 nonmembers
Register

FIND YOUR LIGHT DURING CHANUKAH
In honor of the holiday, Jonah Sanderson, Coordinator of our Ruth & Saul Weinberger Center for Jewish Life + Learning, and Susan Stein, LMSW-JD, social worker for our Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center, invite you to a special event. Jonah will share insightful text with us to deepen our understanding of the holiday’s significance, while Susan will facilitate a discussion exploring the themes of light, strength, and optimism central to the Chanukah story. This event is open to all, regardless of background or experience. Latkes and jelly doughnuts will be served.
Wednesday, December 13
5:30-7pm
$5 members / $10 nonmembers
Register