FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, SEA CLIFF HANUKKAH HAPPENING CELEBRATES HOLIDAY'S TRADITIONS

December 11, 2015 -- Nearly 150 Sea Cliff residents from a wide variety of religious and spiritual creeds turned out for Hanukkah Happening Thursday evening at the Sea Cliff Fire Department to enjoy good company and celebrate the holiday's traditions.  

Children spun dreidels, worked on crafts, and decorated cookies while snacking on latkes and chocolate gelt.  Later in the evening, celebrants marked the fifth night of the Festival of Lights, with the lighting of menorahs. Rabbi Irwin Huberman of Congregation Tifareth Israel (CTI) in Glen Cove offered some historical background to the holiday, eliciting responses from the children, and explained and led the singing of the three blessings that are recited with the lighting of the menorah. 

Cantors Gustavo Gutlin of CTI and Sea Cliff resident Talya Smilovitz of Congregation L'Dor V'Dor in Brookville entertained the crowd leading in the singing of traditional Hanakkah songs. 

This Sea Cliff Hanukkah tradition, which has been held for more than three decades, was organized by Julie Gordon-Hert and Dina Epstein with the generous financial support of the Sea Cliff Glen Head Lions Club . 

​Photos by Christine Abbenda
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