Monday, December 10, 2012
The Chanukah Run-A-Latke in Swampscott mixed health, good humor and warm light. And rounded out the morning with jelly donuts and latkes.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Rabbi Yossi Lipsker blew into the shofar. A long blast. A police siren sounded in the distance. It was the first time the rabbi had harmonized with a siren, he said. Shofar, siren and encouraging words started Sunday morning's Chanukah Run-A-Latke on Burrill Street. "In keeping with tradition, we run to do a good deed," encouraged the rabbi. Fifty participants leaned forward in front of Chabad Lubavitch and swept over the street bound for Fisherman's Beach and beyond. And back. While runners ran, children assembled the Lego menorah inside the shul. In 20 to 40 minutes the runners returned for jelly donuts, latkes and the lighting of the Lego menorah. Back first was Swampscott High senior Jake Powell. Inside the shul the Lego team leader …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Celebrate the Festival of Lights in Swampscott.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
This year, Hanukkah begins on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 8, and ends a week later on Sunday, Dec. 16. According to Chabad.org, Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev and lasts for eight days. For those of us who aren't attuned to the Jewish calendar, that translates to sundown on Saturday, Dec. 8. The Chabad of the North Shore, at 44 Burrill St., will host a family-fun 5k Run-A-Latke and a Chanukah party on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 10 a.m. Kids can help build a Lego Menorah inside the community shul. Enjoy latkes after the 5k. Later Sunday, teens from throughout the North Shore are invited to attend the Jew Crew Hanukkah Party at 58 Burrill St. in Swampscott. RSVP at Chabad of the North Shore facebook. On Sunday, Dec. 9, …
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Dreidels, latkes and lots of racing around made the JCC party a fun-filled night.
The party opened to music and ended in a rolling rubber barrel. In between, children spun dreidels, danced to deejay tunes and raced over the JCC carpet. More than 100 families, many of them moms and their children, celebrated the Festival of Lights Thursday at the JCC Hanukkah Party. The lounge swirled with color. DJ Robbie (Mindel) Rock played songs including Drift Away, Dynamite and Hey Soul Sister. Jeremy Sorkin, 4, and other children tore around the room in bright paper headdresses they made topped by paper cutout candles. Moms chased laughing toddlers. Toddlers chased laughing moms. Seven-year-old Gillian Jacobs was happy just sitting in Marla Mindel's lap, playing a game. Her favorite part of the evening? "Eating," she said. …
