Celebrating Hanukkah in a Pandemic
Illini Chabad Center for Jewish Life menorah in 2017. Mark Schultz/Illinois Public Media
December 10, 2020 marks the first night of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish holiday known as the “festival of lights.” For many Jewish families this year, the tradition of lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, sharing gifts, and enjoying time together might be different.
To discuss how the Jewish community will be celebrating Hanukkah during the pandemic are two rabbis from Illinois.
Guests:
Rabbi Binah Wing, Temple Beth-El, Rockford, Illinois
Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe, Rabbi at Moses Montefiore Temple in Bloomington, IL
Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi
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