Sholem’s celebration recognizes the roots of Hanukkah as a winter solstice festival.  We celebrate Hanukkah in honor of the Maccabees and a freedom struggle for an oppressed people.  We also seek our own meaningful ways of observing the “Jewish Festival of Lights” – celebrating the uniqueness of our Jewish identity and our interconnectivity with all humans (at this time when so many cultures light lights in the darkest of winter.)

10:00 a.m. Students to their Classes
Bagels & Coffee available for Adults

11:00 a.m. Hankuka/Khanike Assembly
(approximately 30-40 min)

11:30/11::45 a.m. Carnival
games, craft, dreydl and othter activities
led by staff from Camp Gilboa

12:30-1:00 p.m. Wrap up

Belfer following candle dedication at Hanuka Assembly 2019 [photo by Regan Kibbee]