Everyone I asked to help with the Hanukkah party said yes! That doesn’t always happen. 

A BIG TODAH RABAH to the team who made the party a success…..

Ari Weaver, my “other half” who helped organize the stuff in storage, shopped with and without me and used her artist’s eye to masterfully take charge of schmaltzing up Stacy Hall with glitz and glitter. And, as always she also created the name tags. 

Chef Brooke from the Los Olivos Café and Wine Merchant fried up a ton of latkes from her grandmother’s recipe – thank you, Sam and Shawnda Marmorstein, owners of the Café, for donating this special holiday staple. 

Jeff Winter, with his trusty white truck, shlepped the Hanukkah stuff out of storage, brought it over to the church, and then helped with set up. Then at the end of the party, since what comes out must go back, loaded it all back into his truck to be put back into storage until next year.
Jeff, along with my husband David, went on the “latke run” to pick them up from the Café.

Neil Goodman, although he could not attend the party due to another commitment, came over early to help with set up.

Rozann Newman and Katherine Koch cheerfully greeted everyone at the check in table.
Rozann also made a fabulous platter of salmon while Donna Small created a delicious brisket. Everyone else brought tasty side dishes and desserts. The food tables were loaded with an amazing array of delights.

A special shout out goes to Jay and Adrienne Carsman who gave us the huge blow up Hanukkiah that proudly sat at the back of the room. 

We had new faces, familiar faces, young faces, and mature faces there. With music from the Musik Menches and our new Cantorial Soloist, Phoebe Light, we sang, danced and enjoyed this annual night of merriment. 

Of special note, Reverend Randall Day, from St. Mark’s, in spite of a busy day on Sunday, was able to join the fun for a little while. 

Happy Hanukkah to everyone!!!
 
Shoshanah Schwartz
SYVJC Vice-President, Programming
 

Joe Martin's shirt says it best!

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