What you need to know:
- The Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad Lubavitch is hosting its largest Hanukkah celebrations yet, featuring multiple public menorah lightings – including a 20-foot menorah at Wasilla Lake – and events in Palmer, Wasilla and, for the first time, Talkeetna.
- Event highlights include Jump Into Chanukah on Dec. 16 at the Glenn Massay Theater, with extreme pogo performers, games and traditional foods. The grand finale on Dec. 21 will feature a gelt drop from a firetruck, music from a DJ and a menorah lighting at Wasilla Lake.
- All Hanukkah events are free and open to the public.
Adam Sandler famously described Hanukkah as “eight crazy nights.” He’d feel right at home in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley.
This year’s public celebrations of the annual Jewish holiday include more than just menorah lightings. From acrobats on pogo sticks to a chocolate gelt drop, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg said the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad-Lubavitch, is pulling out all the stops.
“A lot of things are happening,” said Greenberg, whose center is in its 11th year of hosting public Hanukkah celebrations in the Valley…