“It is customary on Chanukah for everyone to get together to play games and sing songs, both traditional, folk and otherwise”
– Shoshana Oysher on Moishe Oysher’s “Chanukah Party,” 1950)

Michael Winograd & the Honorable Mentshn are the world’s favorite Klezmer Band. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, this group has performed their high-energy, virtuosic, and schtick-filled brand of Jewish music to thrilled crowds all over the world. Not afraid of a healthy dose of nostalgia and schmaltz, audiences often find themselves in a state of musical time travel, curious if they are at a festival stage in 2023, or a wedding hall in 1953.

The evening will begin at 6 pm with FREE wine from the local small-batch kosher winemaker, Camuna Cellars; Sufganiyot* from Federal Donuts; Dreidels and Gelt; and a book signing by the renowned historian, chef, and culinarian, Dr. Helene Jawhara Piñer. The Hanukkah celebration continues on stage at 7 pm with everyone’s favorite Klezmer band, the Honorable Mentshn, from Brooklyn, NYC, who will be joined on stage by the amazing Berlin based vocalist, Sasha Lurje. Halfway through the show, the band will be joined by Hazzan Jessi Roemer (Society Hill Synagogue), who will light the menorah on stage and lead us in the famous Hanukkah tune, ‘Ocho Kandaleikas,’ written by the late NEA National Heritage Award winning Sephardic songster and “Keeper of the Flame”, Flory Jagoda.

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