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December 2018 • Southern Jewish Life
Temple Sinai in New Orleans will have its nuts will be served. Family Chanukah Shabbat, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m., Jewish Community Day School in Metairie with the band, dreidel wars, a Chavurah@Sinai will have its Chanukah Musical Extravaganza attendance competition, “Light the Avenue” on Dec. 7 at 8:30 a.m. and more. In Shreveport, the Jewish Community Temple Sinai will also have “Chanukah at Chanukah party, sponsored by the North ‘Home’,” a gathering for the LGBTQ communi- Louisiana Jewish Federation, will be Dec. 2 at ty, Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. B’nai Zion, with games, music and lunch startTouro Synagogue will have its Chanukah ing at 11:30 a.m. There will also be Chanukah family dinner on Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m., with fried parties at area retirement homes. chicken, latkes, a sufganiyot bar, Chanukah At B’nai Zion, “Shabbanukah” will be Dec. games and more. The dinner will follow the 6 7, with a Chanukah potluck dinner following p.m. family-friendly service. Reservations are services. $15 for adults, $10 for kids. Red River Radio has Chanukah programs Before Chanukah, Touro Rabbi Todd Silver- scheduled throughout Chanukah: “A Chanuman will lead the Chanukah edition of Holi- kah Celebration with Chicago a cappella,” Dec. days At Home, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. in the social 2 at 7 p.m.; “Candles Burning Brightly” on Dec. hall and kitchen. Due to limited space, reser- 3 at 11 a.m.; “Hanukkah Lights 2018” on Dec. 4 vations are requested by Nov. 26, and are $18 at 1 p.m.; “The Kabbalah of Chanukah” on Dec. for non-members, free for members. 4 at 8 p.m.; “Eternal Echoes for Hanukkah” on The New Orleans VA Hospital will have its Dec. 5 at 1 p.m.; “Hanukkah — A Great Miracle Menorah lighting and recognition ceremony Happened There” on Dec. 6 at 1 p.m.; “Chanuon Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take kah — Celebration Across the Globe,” Dec. 6 at place on the first floor main concourse near the 8 p.m.; and “Chanukah: Itzhak Perlman’s ChaCanal Street entrance of the hospital. Chabad nukah Radio Party,” Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Rabbi Mendel Ceitlin will facilitate the lighting, and members of the Ben Katz Post 580 of Jew- Mississippi: ish War Veterans will participate. Chabad of Mississippi will light the largest Moishe House New Orleans will have a menorah in Mississippi, Dec. 9 at 4:45 p.m. at menorah making session on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. Edgewater Mall in Biloxi, behind the carousel. On Dec. 8 at 8 p.m., the Moishe will host Vodka There will be latkes and sufganiyot, face paintand Latkes. Moishe House member Shoshana ing and “create your own Chanukah glasses.” Madick will lead an evening of Chanukah hisB’nai Israel in Columbus will have a Chatory and Jewish learning on Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. nukah potluck dinner and fundraising auction, JNOLA and Tribe from Gates of Prayer com- Dec. 2 at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to membine for Shabbat Chanukah at Hibernia Tower bers, friends and students. Bring a dish to share, Apartments, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m., with dinner and an item to auction, usually under $40. Students need not bring a dish or auction item. and a latke-making contest. JNOLA holds its Light It Up Chanukah Gala on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m., at Generations Hall. Hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be provided by Casablanca and Saba, with live music from Eric Benny Bloom and the Oy Veys, comprised of Jewish musicians from Jon Cleary, Lettuce, New Orleans Suspects, Cha Wa, and other local bands. There will be an open bar, photo booth, sufganiyot and dreidel pinatas. After 10 p.m., the party continues at the Rusty Nail. Tickets are $18 before Dec. 1, $30 after, with discounts for students, military and synagogue employees.
In Gulfport, Beth Israel will have its Family Fun Chanukah Party on Dec. 2. Jackson’s Beth Israel will hold its annual Chanukah dinner on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. The Jewish community in Oxford will have a Family Chanukah Party on Dec. 2 at 4 p.m., at The Stone Center. There will be latkes, doughnuts and activities for children. The second annual Bubbe’s Table will be Dec. 7 at 6 p.m., at The Farmstead at Woodson Ridge. Chefs Karen Carrier, Elizabeth Heiskell and Shay Widmer will each give their takes on the latke. Dress is farm party casual, and the first drink is included with the $40 ticket. Cocktails are sponsored by Cathead Vodka, and Bar by Best-of-Oxford top bartender Joe Stinchcomb.
Slater Torah Academy in Metairie hosts a STEAM Chanukah party, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. The Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math demonstrations include an electric Menorah, an olive oil lava lamp, an online Chanukah game, Chanukah tangram puzzles and a B’nai Israel in Tupelo will have a Chanukah dreidel scratch art project. Latkes and dough- potluck on Dec. 8 at 5 p.m.