How to bring Hanukah’s message of light and hope to Olympia’s Jewish community amid a dark winter?
Have a parade, of course!
Organized by the Chabad Jewish Center, this Sunday’s event will travel from their parking lot at the top of Tumwater Hill, through west Olympia to downtown Olympia, ending at Swantown Marina Boat Launch for a contactless drive-in celebration.
The “Drive-in” Hanukah celebration will feature lighting of the center’s giant nine-foot-tall Hanukah menorah, or candelabra, music, entertainment, and pandemic-safe fun for all ages, according to Rabbi Yosef Schtroks, co-director of Chabad Jewish Center.
The Car Menorah Parade is a new addition to the worldwide Hanukkah Campaign launched by the Chabad movement in 1973. The campaign highlights and encourages the central theme of the holiday—publicizing the story of the Hanukkah miracle and the victory of light over darkness, “a message of hope greatly needed today, Rabbi Schtroks added.
About Hanukah
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the evening of Thursday, December 10 and concludes the evening of Friday, December 18. It recalls the victory of a militarily weak Jewish people who defeated the Syrian Greeks who had overrun ancient Israel and sought to impose restrictions on the Jewish way of life and prohibit religious freedom.
For more information, contact Rabbi Yosef Schtroks, Rabbi and Director of Chabad Jewish Center of Olympia at 360-867-8804 or rabbi@jewisholympia.com or visit JewishOlympia.com
WHAT: Olympia Hanukkah Parade and Drive-in Celebration
WHERE: Swantown Marina Boat Launch Parking Lot
WHEN: Sunday Dec. 13 4:30PM
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