Published December 25. 2020 12:33PM
By ANITA HIRSCH
Special to The Press
The Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, had planned to hold a community Hanukkah celebration and candle lighting on Dec. 13 at the community center.
However, Gov. Tom Wolfe decided more shut downs were required to hold down new COVID-19 cases.
So instead of having the registrants for the program actually come to the JCC and sit outdoors on the lawn on blankets or sit in their cars to witness the Hanukkah menorah candle lighting, sing Hanukkah songs as they consumed hot cocoa, hot lakes and applesauce, the program was changed to follow the new COVID-19 guidelines.
The community Hanukkah celebration would be presented virtually via Facebook Live.
Hanukkah music was enjoyed, the JCC kids performed and the menorah was lit.
And the latkes, applesauce and hot cocoa was hand delivered to the homes of those who had registered.
PRESS PHOTOS BY ANITA HIRSCH The Hanukkah menorah inside the front window of the Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley in Allentown.
PRESS PHOTOS BY ANITA HIRSCH Jewish Community Center staff and volunteers gathered at the community center to assemble the trays that would be delivered to the homes of those registered for the Community Hanukkah Celebration and Candle Lighting. Ally Wiener Avraham, program coordinator, Hannah Lovenwirth, Jodi Lovenwirth, aquatics director, Ed Finberg, Tracy Sussman, and Eric Lightman, director of the JCC (front) Beth Kushnick and Brenda Finberg, program director of the JCC.
Jodi Lovenwirth delivers a tray of potato latkes, applesauce and cocoa to the home of a registered participant in the virtual community Hanukkah celebration.
