Hanukkah Hub

Craft Ideas, Recipes, Music Videos, Podcasts, Cooking Videos, and more to help your family celebrate together or apart.

EVENTS

The Ninth Night of Hanukkah – A special family program with author Erica Perl

Sunday, December 6th at 4:00 PM EST
Advanced registration required by Friday 12/4 at 12 noon

Free. Suggested donations of $10/household gratefully accepted.

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.

Learn More

It’s Hanukkah, and Max and Rachel are excited to light the menorah in their family’s new apartment. But, unfortunately, their Hanukkah box is missing. So now they have no menorah, candles, dreidels, or, well, anything! Luckily, their neighbors are happy to help, offering thoughtful and often humorous stand-in items each night. And then, just as Hanukkah is about to end, Max and Rachel, inspired by the shamash (“helper”) candle, have a brilliant idea: they’re going to celebrate the ninth night of Hanukkah as a way to say thanks to everyone who’s helped them!

The book will be available to order from our friends at Longfellow Books.

The JCA is a member of the Jewish Book Council network.

Hanukkah Activity Kits

Contactless Curbside Pick Up – Sunday, December 6 - Tuesday, December 8

Registration is now full. Thank you for your incredible interest in this project!

Get the Activity Kit

Engineer Your Own Dreidel with PJ Our Way and the MIT Museum

Sunday, December 6, 3:00 PM

Hey PJOW kids! Do you love to tinker?

Join the MIT Museum on Sunday, December 6, at 3pm EST for "Engineer Your Own Dreidel" and use the science of spinning to design a working dreidel.

Space is limited - This program is for kids ages 9-12.

Family Hanukkah Concert

Sunday, December 13, 4:00 PM

FREE Family Hanukkah Concert and Menorah Lighting featuring award-winning song writer and educator Eliana Light. Everyone is welcome. Click register for more information!

This is a program of the Lappin Foundation.

LOCAL AND ONLINE HANUKKAH EVENTS

Low key image of jewish holiday Hanukkah background with menorah (traditional candelabra) and burning candles

Check out our list of 2020 Hanukkah Happenings all over Southern Maine!

Hanukkah Happenings 2020

MUSIC

Nefesh Mountain
The Hanukkah Dance by Woody Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBbTj86UCxA

The Klezmatics
Happy Joyous Hanukkah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdxDppo2Ds

Fountainheads
Light Up the Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzh-TKzXN2k

PJ Library Chanukah Spotify Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12PiH3pxbVFNPYo59bPu4k

The LeeVees
https://soundcloud.com/theleevees/sets/the-leevees-hanukkah-rocks

Maccabeats
Latke Recipe (song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg51la8Yayc

Candlelight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJCSR4MuhU

Burn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbec3WSPanw

Eight Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbTDHblxFM

All About That Neis (miracle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wi1H3UnKhk

Maoz Tzur – instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDnqRkJmP9k

Sing-along of blessings from BimBam
Learn to Light the Chanukah Candles with Kids

Chanukah candle lighting blessings and Maoz Tzur song lyrics
https://www.mainejewish.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/JCCA-Hannukah-Blessings.pdf

CRAFTS

Toilet paper roll menorah & Popsicle stick menorah
https://www.parentmap.com/article/hanukkah-crafts-for-kids

Origami Dreidel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=509KjnZeM_Q

Origami Menorah – intermediate level activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrdI6xDrSxU

Hanukkah Recipes and Activities from PJ Library (Pinterest)
https://www.pinterest.com/pjlibrary/hanukkah-recipes-and-activities/?autologin=true

Menorah Finger Painting

Chanukah Potato Stamps

RECIPES

Joan Nathan’s Sufganiyot (fried jelly doughnuts)
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/food/articles/ultimate-sufganiyot-video

Adeena Sussman’s Bimuelos with Honey Orange Drizzle – A Sephardic Hanukkah dessert
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/recipe/bimuelos-with-honey-orange-drizzle/

Persian Potato Pancakes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/persian-potato-pancakes/15656/

Keftes De Prasa, the Sephardic-Style Leek Fritters Recipe
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/09/keftes-de-prasa-sephardic-style-leek-fritters-rosh-hashanah-jewish-recipe.html

Grilled cheese latkes - the ultimate comfort food
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/how-to-make-grilled-cheese-latkes/

Infused Olive Oil (video)
Make Herb Infused Olive Oil

Sculpted Cookies (video)
Colorful, Sculpted Hanukkah Cookies

Edible dreidels that spin
https://biblebeltbalabusta.com/2012/12/12/a-new-spin-on-edible-dreidels/

ACTIVITIES

Yoga Poses for Kids
Try out these movements and poses inspired by Chanukah traditions
https://www.kidsyogastories.com/hanukkah-yoga/

SHOWS & SPECIALS

(All links are Amazon - shows can be watched for a small rental cost)

A Rugrats Hanukkah -- (Rugrats Character Collection: Season 6, 24 minutes)

Elena of Avalor, Festival of Lights -- (Season 106: Episode 3, 26 minutes)

Shalom Sesame – Chanukah: The Missing Menorah (28 minutes)

PODCAST

Have I Got a Story for You: The Hanukkah Story (for Kids)

MORE PJ RESOURCES FOR HANUKKAH

PJ Library's 2020 Quick Guide to Celebrating Hanukkah with Kids

https://pjlibrary.org/beyond-books/pjblog/november-2020/hanukkah-2020-with-kids

PJ Library’s Hanukkah Hub

https://pjlibrary.org/hanukkah

A Mitzvah a Day Tradition for Hanukkah

https://pjlibrary.org/beyond-books/pjblog/december-2019/a-mitzvah-a-day-tradition-for-hanukkah