Sunday at 4:00 PM ET: A grand #Chanukah celebration was streamed from Brooklyn by Chabad.org, featuring a live concert with singer #EliMarcus and the #Pumpidisa Band.
20 Chabad organizations in Brooklyn, New York, joined together to host a Chanukah drive-in concert for residents of Brooklyn in a Covid safe way, bringing the joy, warmth and meaning of Chanukah to thousands, despite the pandemic.
Brooklyn is a melting pot of Jews of every background and culture, and for so many communities to join together and create a program that will be inspiring to all is truly unprecedented.
At the Motzoei Shabbos of the International Kinus Hashluchim held virtually this year, a group of Shluchim in Brooklyn gathered for an in-person Melava Malka.
The idea was presented that Shluchim rise to the occasion and join together to create a unity event, to overcome the fact the due to the pandemic, all of the regular outreach programs that Chabad’s do on Chanukah were not able to be done this year.
With home visitations, children’s and teen parties, and traditional public menorah lightings not possible, a drive-in event was planned.
As of the time this article is being written, close to 400 vehicles, comprised of over 2000 individuals are registered.
Additionally, hundreds of thousands of viewers will be joining online to celebrate a Chanukah experience like never before. Performers are Eli Marcus and the Pumpedisa band.
Participating centers are:
Lubavitch Youth Organization
Chabad Canarsie & Starrett City
Chabad Central Brooklyn
Chabad Heights
Chabad Lubavitch of Flatbush
Chabad Neshama
Chabad of Bay Ridge
Chabad of Bensonhurst
Chabad of Brooklyn Heights
Chabad of Coney Island
Chabad of Georgetown
Chabad of Kings Highway
Chabad of Kingsborough
Chabad of Marine Park
Chabad of Midwood
Chabad of Sea-Gate
Chabad of Sheepshead Bay
Chabad of SUNY Downstate
F.R E.E. of Brighton Beach
Jewish South Brooklyn
Mill Basin Jewish Center
A rich program was prepared so that everyone leaves uplifted, inspired, with a special takeaway message of turning every single participant into an ambassador / shliach on their own right, handing them a Menorah to distribute to someone in their life who otherwise doesn’t have one.
