Hanukkah Happenings 2020
Happy (almost) Hanukkah everyone! While the festival of lights will look different this year, there are still so many wonderful ways to celebrate together here in Southern Maine. Here are 15 Hanukkah Happenings to help keep your annual traditions full of life and full of light.
Chabad of Maine and Jewish Women’s Circle
PJ Library in Southern Maine
The Ninth Night of Hanukkah – A special family Zoom program with author Erica Perl
Free. Suggested donations of $10/household gratefully accepted. Advanced registration required by Friday 12/4 at 12 noon.
Join author Erica Perl for a reading and discussion of her heartwarming picture book with a fresh twist on a Hanukkah celebration: celebrating a ninth night with new neighbors and friends!
The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants on Friday afternoon 12/4. Click here to register!
Temple Beth El
December 10th – 17th | 5:30 PM (except Shabbat on the 11th)
Congregation Etz Chaim of Biddeford
Dress warmly & please wear your mask. Organized by the Heart of Biddeford in conjunction with Congregation Etz Chaim.
Chabad of Maine
Join the Grand Parade or meet at City Hall to light the menorah!
Beth Israel Congregation
Latke Cooking Demonstration
Join Susan Horowitz and the staff at Now You’re Cooking as they cook potato latkes, light the menorah and talk about some of the other wonderful traditions surrounding Hannukah. Here is the recipe she’ll be using so you can follow along.
Congregation Bet Ha’am
Light Up the Night Family Chanukah Shabbat Service
In the past, this service included over 100 folks from the Bet Ha’am community, gathered to celebrate Chanukah and welcome Shabbat, lighting dozens of chanukiot (Chanukah menorahs) in our sanctuary garden windows. We’ll still be holding the service–albeit differently and on Zoom. We will share details soon!
- Chanukah candles: $2 or $8
- Chanukiyot (Menorahs): Traditional or electric starting at $10
- Gelt: No nuts/pareve, $1.05 per bag
- Assorted dreidels and holiday cards
B’nai Portland
Chanukah Shabbat Service and Menorah Competition
Center For Small Town Jewish Life with Community Partners Around the State
~Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine~
Hanukkah, Together • A Maine Hanukkah Celebration
Online via Zoom
Saturday, December 12th | 5:30 PM
Hanukkah is on the horizon, and we’re dreaming of sufganiyot, hanukkiyot lit in windows, and gathering as a statewide community. You’ll have to find your own fried treats, but we hope you’ll join us to celebrate the Festival of Lights! Cantor Nesis will lead us in a spirited havdalah, and then Rabbi Lerner will lead us in lighting candles for the third night—don’t forget to bring your own hanukkiah! There is a Hanukkah play in the works, written just for this celebration and performed by rabbis from across the state… We cannot wait. And we’ll enjoy music from Rabbi Sruli and Rebbetzin Lisa. Mark your calendars and use this link to register: https://colbycollegejewishlife.regfox.com/statewide-hanukkah-celebration
Congregation Etz Chaim of Biddeford
Sunday, December 13th | 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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Chabad of Brunswick
Socially Distanced Chanukah Celebration
FREE ADMISSION! A fun event for all ages!
Temple Beth El
Community Menorah Lighting
Sunday, December 13th | 5:30 PM
PJ Library Southern Maine
FREE Family Hanukkah Concert and Menorah Lighting featuring award-winning song writer and educator Eliana Light. Everyone is welcome. This is a program of the Lappin Foundation.
Register Here: https://www.lappinfoundation.org/2020/10/06/pj-library-family-hanukkah-concert/
Beth Israel Congregation
Beth Israel Virtual Community Chanukah Celebration
Come together for a virtual candle lighting and sing along on the last night of Hanukkah.
Exhibition Runs November 27, to December 24, 2020
Featuring Menorahs by: Rush Brown, Nanci Kahn, Lisa Pierce, Toby Rosenberg & Elizabeth Ruskin
This is your last chance to own a menorah by Lisa Pierce. Lisa has been exhibiting her animal menorahs at the Maine Jewish Museum and New York Jewish Museum for many years. MJM is fortunate to offer the last 3 available for sale.
Did we miss your Hanukkah event? Email Trevor at tgeiger(at)mainejewish.org and we’ll try to include it.