Chanukah, Purim, Israel's Independence, and other holidays are times for celebration and community at Temple. It's December, and we're celebrating Chanukah!

Friday, December 11 -- Chanukah Dinner

Our celebration begins on Friday, December 11 with the Canukah Celebration and Dinner. WRJ members will serve a delicious Canukah dinner after services. Contact Buddy Schwartz (532-5959 or by email) to make your reservations today.

Sunday, December 13 -- Chanukah Family Event

On Sunday, December 13, Temple Mount Sinai‘s Religious School and B‘nai Zion‘s Talmud Torah will come together for a Chanukah Family Event. We will meet at Congregation B’nai Zion beginning at 9:15 am for a morning of family fun!

There will be Chanukah games, crafts, learning and music. Middle schoolers (sixth through eighth graders) and their parents will have special, separate programming with Rabbi Bach and Rabbi Leon.

At 11:15 am we will all be treated to a performance of ―The Chanukah Candle Caper produced by the EPJA drama club. Following the performance there will be a latke competition to see which men prepared the most tasty latkes. To end the morning, everyone will enjoy a latke luncheon and decorate their own Canukah cookies.

As part of this community event we are conducting a holiday mitzvah project. Each family is asked to bring a new, wrapped gift for a needy El Paso child. Please label the gift with the intended gender and age. Families will receive one raffle ticket for each gift they bring, with a drawing to be held at the end of the morning.

This Chanukah family event is open to all families – please bring your friends.