Posted on: Saturday, November 30, 2002
FAITH
Jews mark Hanukkah, Festival of Lights
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| Joyce Levey gets into the spirit of Hanukkah earlier this week as daughter Sara, 16, noshes on latkes. The Jewish family, who attend services at Chabad of Hawaii, like to decorate their Kalama Valley home for the eight-day holiday.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over a Syrian invasion. Here is a list of related events on O'ahu:
• PUBLIC MENORAH LIGHTING, sponsored by Chabad of Hawaii, 6 p.m. tomorrow, Waikiki Gateway Park, junction of Kuhio and Kalakaua avenues; lighting of Hawai'i's largest menorah; celebration party to follow in the second-floor ballroom of the Waikiki Terrace Hotel, 2045 Kalakaua Ave., across from the park; live Jewish music, prizes, buffet, hot latkes, dreidels; $18 ($12 children age 2-12); 735-8161.
• HANUKKAH ISRAELI DANCE PARTY, 1-4 p.m. tomorrow, Ala Wai Golf Ballroom, off Kapahulu Avenue, 'ewa of Kapahulu Public Library; potluck lunch; $4. 373-2561.
• TEMPLE EMANU-EL HANUKKAH PARTY: candlelighting 5:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat service 6 p.m., Hanukkah play 6:30 p.m., dinner and latkes 6:45 p.m. Friday, 2550 Pali Highway; $15 ($10 for members, $7 for members age 13 and under; $10 for nonmembers age 13 and under). 595-7521.
• COMMUNITY SHABBATON, sponsored by Chabad of Hawaii, candlelighting and service followed by a traditional Shabbat dinner, 5:30 p.m. Friday, second-floor ballroom of the Waikiki Terrace Hotel, 2045 Kalakaua Ave.; cost for dinner: $25 ($15 for children age 2-12). Additional service 10 a.m. next Saturday at the hotel ballroom, Kiddush to follow. Call for reservations: 735-8161.
