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It’s Hanukkah

By GO Brooklyn
for The Brooklyn Paper

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With eight nights to celebrate, you might think that Hanukkah would seem like it lasts forever. But with all of the events planned boroughwide, eight nights hardly seems to be enough time.

The Festival of Lights begins early this year at sundown on Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Brooklyn’s festivities kick off that night. If you’re looking to start things off in the light of the borough’s biggest menorahs, stop by either the corner of Court and Montague streets in Brooklyn Heights at 5 pm (where Borough President Marty Markowitz will light the borough’s “official” menorah) or Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope (where Mr. Met and the state sports commissioner will do the honors). Both menorahs will be lit — accompanied by music and free latkas — each night through Tuesday, Dec. 11.

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The giant menorahs aren’t the only things getting hot during Hanukkah week. Synagogues across Brooklyn are throwing bashes to celebrate. Park Slope’s “Grand Family Hanukkah Event” is set for 7:30 pm on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Jewish Music Cafe in Congregation B’nai Jacob [401 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 832-1266]; Union Temple cuts loose in a traditional way at 6 pm on Friday, Dec. 7 [17 Eastern Pkwy. at Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights, (718) 638-7600]; and Congregation B’nai Avraham [117 Remsen St. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 596-4840] hosts a Chinese buffet with family-friendly entertainment to accompany the holiday’s final candle, on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

For more of Brooklyn’s Hanukkah celebrations, please see “9 Days in Brooklyn”.

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