A return to public Chanukah celebration at Temple Adath Yeshuran after 3-year COVID pause

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Kugel the Chanukah clown (Temple member Nancy Frankel) delighted young and old alike with balloon animals. during Temple Adath Yeshurin’s first Chanukah celebration in three years. Photo/Annette Kurman

MANCHESTER, NH – For the first time in three years due to COVID, families had the opportunity to celebrate Chanukah in person at Temple Adath Yeshurun (TAY) in Manchester Sunday.

Hosted by TAY Brotherhood, kids and adults alike enjoyed the antics of Kugel the Chanukah clown, a Chanukah treasure hunt, and holiday foods, including latkes, sufganiyot (aka jelly-filled doughnuts), and Chanukah gelt (foil-covered chocolate coins).

Brotherhood President Mark Granoff pointed to the efforts of his half-dozen volunteers in helping with the post-Covid event for the community. Sisterhood members were also out in force with gifts for parents and grandparents to peruse.

Said Temple Board President Jake Berry, “It’s good to be back in the building to do something like this, to have fun as part of our kids’ Jewish education.”

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The kids enjoyed decorating for Temple Adath Yeshurin’s Chanukah celebration, held on Dec. 18 for the first time in three years, due to COVID. Photo/Annette Kurman

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Annette Kurman

A native of Philadelphia with baccalaureate degrees in journalism, nursing, as well as an MBA from now defunct Daniel Webster College, Nashua, her endeavors in various roles and industries — as well a very supportive husband — once again bring her to the question of “What do I want to do when I grow up?”