Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights, virtual edition

While we can’t gather with 3,500 of our closest friends for Hanukkah in the museum this year, we can celebrate with the museum online. Join us for the evening so many of us have come to love – all without the parking!

5:00 pm – Family Friendly Hanukkah programming. This resource will be available throughout Hanukkah for families!

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Featuring:

Hanukkah Music with Oren Kaunfer, JCDS

Art with Erica Smiley, The Rashi School

Story time with Rebecca Lurie, Schechter

Digital Hanukkah animations with students from MetroWest Jewish Day School

Hanukkah words with Rebecca Redner, Gateways

A special Brighter Connected art connection with Tova Speter

6:00 pm – Join us JArts and the MFA online as we honor the rich history and traditions of the Jewish festival of lights through music, dance, an artist talk, and a community candle lighting.

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The free event, will be streamed here and on Facebook and YouTube, features:

A community candle lighting

Music from multi-instrumentalist Hankus Netsky

Simona Di Nepi, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Curator of Judaica, in conversation with artists Moshe Zabari and Tamar Paley

The Boston Dance Theater performing “Shadows and Flame,” a new work commissioned for the MFA’s Hanukkah celebration

In partnership with: Cupixel, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, Hebrew Senior Life, Hebrew College, IAC Boston, JCC Greater Boston, JCDS, PJ Library, the Rashi School, Solomon Schechter, Consulate General of Israel to New England