Virtual Hanukkah Candle Lighting with Jewish Life at Duke
Virtual Hanukkah Candle Lighting with Special Guests Duke President Vincent Price & Men’s Basketball Coach Jon Scheyer
Sunday, December 29, 2024
7:00 pm Eastern Time / 4:00 pm Pacific Time
Join Jewish Life at Duke and the Duke Jewish Alumni Network for Hanukkah candle lighting during the Festival of Lights. Duke’s Campus Rabbi and Jewish Chaplain Elana Friedman will be joined by special guests Duke President Vincent E. Price and Duke Men’s Basketball Head Coach (and Duke Jewish alum) Jon Scheyer.
Hanukkah blessings will be led by student Mia Taubenblat, Class of 2028, and a Hanukkah song will be performed by student Terry Gershman, Class of 2028, accompanied by Dr. Allan Friedman ’99, Director of the Duke Chorale.
Bring your own chanukiyah/menorah and light along with us. The virtual program will last approximately 30 minutes.
Duke students, alumni, parents and families, faculty, staff, and friends of all religious/cultural identities are welcome. Register in advance here to receive the Zoom link.
Can’t make it? This event will be recorded and shared on Jewish Life at Duke’s YouTube page.
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Jewish Life at Duke (JLD) is the hub for all things Jewish on Duke’s campus. An accredited Hillel as well as a department within Duke University’s Division of Student Affairs, Jewish Life at Duke is guided by a mission to empower Jewish students to learn and grow intellectually and spiritually; to inspire and nurture personal paths to Jewish identity; and to cultivate community and friendship. Comprising the Freeman Center for Jewish Life and the Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel, JLD takes a pluralistic approach to Judaism to ensure that all Jewish students, regardless of affiliation, are welcome and included.
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