Chanukah Celebration A Hit in Port Washington

Chanukah took on a new beat at a recent celebration at Community Synagogue in Port Washington.

At the event, Sara Shonfeld, ownerand founder of Musical Minds, entertained families with a percussion and movement program. The evening began with the lighting of the menorah candles followed by pizza dinner and a make-your-own edible dreidel from marshmallows and pretzels.

Shonfeld supplied dozens of drums, tambourines and other musical instruments so that every child and adult had something to bang, hit or shake. Sometimes she counted as she drummed, other times she sang a Chanukah song, providing a musical experience rich in rhythm and teamwork.

During the arts-and-crafts project, children decorated a small shopping bag with Hebrew letters or Chanukah symbols, and also decorated a dreidel made of a CD, nut and bolt.

Thanks were extended to Sisterhood’s Jill Eisenberg for jumping in and organizing the event and to Helen Berkun, Marsha Phillips, Wendy DeAngelis, Yvette Bergman, Nancy Kaplan and Bari Ziegel for their assistance. Special thanks also went to Cantor Claire Franco for leading the congregants in prayer as they lit the candles on the menorah.