Chanukah Celebration Scheduled for Thursday

On Thursday evening, a celebration of Chanukah will be held in .

The Chabad Jewish Center, located in Glastonbury, will host the free, open-to-all holiday event at 6 p.m.

“We invite the entire community to participate in the festivities,” said Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, Executive Director of Chabad. “Chanukah celebrates the religious freedom of all.”

In addition to the kindling of a giant, 9-foot Menorah candelabra, hot cider and warm potato Latkes (pancakes) will be served. There will also be festive music and free raffles.   

According to Wolvovsky, the center has been doing the Chanukah celebration - with the recent addition of a new, large Menorah - in Ellington for the past seven years.

“The number of attendants varies from year to year - between 20 and 50 people per event,” he said.

Wolvovsky said that while the center is headquartered in Glastonbury, the Chabad Jewish Center covers all east of the river towns.

“Throughout the year, we hold classes and events in various locations,” he said. “Specifically, we have many contacts in the Ellington area. Either myself or one of our volunteers spend one day a week in town. Also, several local families attend our programs in Glastonbury.”

For more information regarding this program, or Chanukah in general, please call Wolvovsky at 860-659-2422, by e-mail at Rabbi@ChabadER.com, or by logging on to www.ChabadER.com.