Hanukkah in the Poconos: Where you can attend services, events
Be sure to check in with your congregation on the status of service times and events in regards to incoming winter weather.
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Be sure to check in with your congregation on the status of service times and events in regards to incoming winter weather.
"It's just going to put more people in danger," said Michele Minor Wolf, Executive Director of Victims' Intervention Program Wayne and Pike Counties.
A Poconos Hanukkah in the time of COVID Hanukkah provides a light in the darkness during winter, and for some, that light is more important than ever. Rabbi Baruch Melman of the Temple Israel of the Poconos has been busy planning their first Hanukkah during the COVID-era. Hanukkah is the Jewish wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated by lighting a menorah candle each night with special prayers, songs and latkes over eight days. This year, Hanukkah starts Thursday. “Since our members can’t come to us, we are going out to them and delivering care packages to show them h...