Three local rabbis helped the Flossmoor community celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Rabbi Carmit Harari of the Shir Tikvah congregation in Homewood started the event with a brief history of the events commemorated by the holiday. She said that in 170 BCE, Syrian Greek emperor[Read More…]
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Hanukkah Night 6: Winter storm can’t stop celebration, as Jim and Patty Himmel light menorah
The Village of Flossmoor is not to be deterred from its community celebration of Hanukkah. Despite wind chills in the negative double-digits, Jim and Patty Himmel, of Flossmoor, lit the community menorah on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday, Friday, Dec. 23. “We just know to get here at[Read More…]
Hanukkah Night 3: Jeffrey Lippert lights community menorah; Gloria shares home decorations and stories
On Tuesday, Dec. 20, Jeffrey and Gloria Lippert’s home was in the midst of its Hanukkah splendor. Tables featured centerpiece decorations in predominantly blue and white color schemes. Electric menorahs in both the front and back windows were lit, as they are each of the eight evenings. And a long[Read More…]
Hanukkah Night 2: Elliott Yurman lights the community menorah in Flossmoor Park
Elliott Yurman, of Homewood, lit the candles of Flossmoor’s community menorah at Flossmoor Park on the second night of Hanukkah, Monday, Dec. 19. “I had not been a member of the faith for 50 years and I came back,” Yurman said. “So, here I am, out of the desert and[Read More…]
Hanukkah Night 1: Charles Zurek serves as community candlelighter
The first night of Hanukkah was frigid, but the Flossmoor Community Relations Commission helped keep the crowd warm inside by serving hot chocolate and candy canes before the menorah-lighting ceremony began at 5 p.m. The ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 18, began the two-week stretch in which both Hanukkah and Kwanzaa[Read More…]
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