Chanukah!

Thank you to everyone who joined together to celebrate the first night of Chanukah at our Annual Grand Menorah Lighting at City Hall. It was such an incredible, fun-filled start to Chanukah. From one participant, "The joy and Jewish Pride was so so strong, it was a special Chanukah moment."

An amazing end to chanukah with young and old, familiar faces and new ones gathered together to light up all 8 candles with a delicious dinner, singing, music by Hadassa, and a fun Dreiel/Chanukah trivia game

An amazing way to start Chanukah!! Close to 300 people gathered infront of Novato City Hall, to light up the night! Beautiful words were shared by Mayor Josh Fryday and Mayor Pro Tem Pam Drew. The Novato Fire Dept. did the 1st ever Gelt drop with 573 chocolate coins to the delight of all children (and adults). Thank you to all who participated! happy Chanukah!

What an AMAZING morning! Getting ready for Chanukah with decorating our own menorahs. Chanukah spirits were in high gear!! thank you Home The Home Depot for hosting such a beautiful event! Thx Isabella Testa for the pictures!

The best way to end Chanukah is with our community. After events with literally hundreds of people on different days during the holiday, was SO special to cap it off with a community party! Fun dreidel games, kindling the Menorah together, a special video of the Rebbe and the funnest game of JEWpardy EVER! Congrats to Team Chanukiyah and captains Gil and Rhoda Gross for a fantastic job!

What an incredible display of Jewish unity, pride and fun!! Chanukah on Ice was a smashing success. SO many people skating (and watching from the sidelines) to blasting Chanukah music, a huge Menorah lit at center ice. Delicious sufganiyot and Latkas, an inspiring message by Rabbi Rice was all part of this amazing evening! Thank you To Nugget Market for being a sponsor of the evening! Thank you to all the volunteers, Valerie Testa, Devorah Novack, Evi Rachelson and our Dreidel mascot Zalman Rice. Happy Chanukah!

What a crowd! What a special evening, with well over 200 people gathered together to light up the night! The energy was magical, The sufganiyot were delicious, the messages were inspiring and people left feeling empowered, uplifted and proud! Thank you to our dear community member and Mayor Josh Fryday were your beautiful words! Thank you to Whole Foods Market for being a wonderful partner for the past 6 years!! And to our Hebrew school children for their great performance and to Dan Chan the magic man for his magic show!

A strong feeling of Jewish pride and joy was palpable at the Menorah lighting in front Whole Foods Market. All council members were present and shared inspiring words to our Jewish community. A fun bubble show and special performance by the Landa children highlighted an amazing evening of bringing light to our world!

An amazing celebration as we gathered together to light all 8 flames of the menorah, the maximum light! Mayor Pat Eklund and council member Josh Fryday shared beautiful words about Chanukah and about the importance of celebrating our religious freedom. An amazing performance by red Panda acrobats topped off the evening! Thanks all for joining!

A packed crowd celebrated Chanukah with delicious Chinese food, competitive Chanukah survivor games and wonderful community warmth. See you all for tomorrow's Grand Menorah Lighting at Whole Foods Market - a beautiful display of unity and Jewish pride, not to be missed!

The Novato Jewish community gathered together to light a 10 ft. Menorah outside Whole Foods market, with inspiring words by Mr. Gil Gross from KKSF 910 AM, Outgoing Mayor Denise Athas and Rabbi Landa.
The menorah was lit by Mayor Pat Eklund and City Manager Michael Frank. It was attended by Mayor Pro Tem Eric Lucan and Council member Jeanne Macleamy. With Latkes, donuts, 6 piece live band, a grand raffle and crafts for the kids, the event was fun for all ages!