First Annual Light Up the East Side Public Chanukah Celebration

Chanukah is everyone’s favorite Jewish holiday. The lights, the “gelt”, the dreidel games, and the traditional holiday goodies create memories for a lifetime.

This year, kick off your Chanukah at the First Annual Light Up the East Side Public Chanukah Celebration. Chabad of the East Side is hosting a Menorah lighting and celebration on Tuesday, December 16, in the Beans and Barley parking lot. State Assemblyman Jonathan Brostoff will be honored with the kindling of the first Chanukah light. Hot chocolate and doughnuts will be served, and “dreidels” (traditional spinning top), and chocolate “gelt” (money gifts) will be given to the children. There will be music, dancing, glowsticks, and fun for everyone.

For more information, visit www.ChabadWI.org/LightUP

Event Recap:

What: LIGHT UP The East Side
Where: Beans & Barley Parking Lot, 1901 E. North Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202
When: Tuesday, December 16, 5:30 pm
Cost: FREE of charge

What is Chanukah?

Chanukah is the Jewish festival of light, celebrating a miraculous victory of the Jewish nation, and the miracle of the oil that burned in the Holy Temple’s Menorah lamp for 8 consecutive days. Traditionally, Chanukah is celebrated by kindling the Menorah each night. Chanukah customs include eating foods fried in oil -- latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts); playing with the dreidel (a spinning top on which are inscribed the Hebrew letters nun, gimmel, hei and shin, an acronym for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, “a great miracle happened there”); and the giving of Chanukah gelt, gifts of money, to children.