Chanukah

Chanukah is an eight-day festival of lights celebrating miracles and delicious fried foods. Whether noshing on hundreds of latkes, lighting the menorah, or making dreidels out of clay, this is one special holiday of fun and light.

Celebrate Chanukah with us!

Sunday, December 14 | 2-4:30pm

Light up your Chanukah!

Sunday, December 3 | 3-5pm

Join us at the JCC East Bay with our partners Camp Tawonga, Jewish Gateways, Berkeley Public Library, Olamim, PJ Library Bay Area, and Be’chol Lashon on a journey around the world.

Engaging activities, crafts, music, and food – collect passport stamps as you explore a variety of global Chanukah customs and traditions:

Play pirinola – the six-sided dreidel game from Mexico.
Create hanging menorahs like those from Morocco.
Paint yourself with henna tattoos from India.
Squeeze olives into olive oil.
Sample fried treats from around the world.

Come celebrate the amazing diversity of the Festival of Lights!

Have a look at some of these Chanukah resources

Chanukah: The Basics by 18Doors

Chanukah 101 by MyJewishLearning