Celebrate Chanukah with BJBE!

BJBE is excited to announce the following events for Chanukah! Mark your calendars and celebrate with us!

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, November 28 | 7:00-9:00pm

Artists’ Beit Midrash: Exploring the Light of the Candles through Art
OROT, Center for New Jewish Learning
 
Lighting the candles is the central spiritual practice of Hanukkah, and we can fashion our candle-lighting on Hanukkah based on the many meanings and traditions around light. In this artists’ beit midrash, we will explore how artists of all sorts have taken an idea about light and turned it into beautiful works. We will also have a chance to create some of our own artistic interpretations of light.

Taught by Jane Shapiro and Judith Joseph

First Night - Thursday, December 7th

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 6 pm

Second Night - Friday, December 8th

Latke and Matzah Ball Shabbat (Soup at 5:00, services at 6)

Families encouraged to bring their own chanukiyah from home

Third Night - Saturday, December 9th

Kol Shabbat services at 9:30 am

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 6 pm

Fourth Night - Sunday, December 10th

"Doughnut" Forget the Oil: A History of Sufganiyot - 10:00 am

The event will be run by Rabbi Sherman 

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 6 pm

Fifth Night - Monday, December 11th

Meaningful Mom’s Night Out- Latkes and Vodka! 7:30 pm

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 6 pm

Sixth Night - Tuesday, December 12th

Torah on Tap - A Drink with a Dreidel at 7:00 pm

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 5:45 pm

Community Candle Lighting in Village Center with JLC

Seventh Night - Wednesday, December 13th

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 5:45 pm

Community Candle Lighting in Village Center with JLC

Eighth Night - Thursday, December 14th

Lightscape at Chicago Botanic Gardens at 5:00 pm

If you didn't purchase tickets with BJBE for the Botanic Garden's Lightscape event, you are still able to join us if you've purchased tickets through Botanic Gardens on your own!

Zoom Community Candle Lighting at 6 pm