Hannukah Resource List 2025 | 5786

We are so excited to share how JoC community leaders and partners are bringing light and joy to Jewish life this Hanukkah by centering Jews of Color. Whether you attend an in-person event, join a virtual gathering, or read articles highlighting JoC perspectives, our Hanukkah Resource List has something for you!

Events

December 14

• Shine a Light – jkidphilly – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 18

• ILUMINA: A Night of Latin-Jewish Miracles – Jewtina y Co. – Highland Park, Los Angeles

December 20

• Jewish Families of Color Chanukah Celebration – Camp Tawonga, Olamim, and Urban Adamah – Bay Area, California
• Gelt & Glamour: A 1920s Hanukkah Party – LUNAR Collective – Los Angeles, California
• Hanukkavdalah – LUNAR Collective – NYC
• Hanukkah Seudah – LUNAR Collective – Boston, Massachusetts 

December 21

• Solstice Hanuka – LUNAR Collective – Oakland, California
• Hanukkah Garden D’Lights – LUNAR Collective – Bellevue, Washington
• Keep Singing! 8th-Night of Hanukkah Candle Lighting and the Many, Many Verses of “Maoz Tzur.” – Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy – Brookline, MA
• Hanukkah Lunch & Schmooze – LUNAR Collective – Chicago, Illinois
• Jews of Color and Their Families Chanukah Celebration – Edlavitch DC JCC and Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy – Washington D.C.
• Micro-Rest for a Big Reset: Expanding a Women’s Ritual of Hanukkah Rejuvenation – Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy – Boulder, Colorado
• Annual LA Jews of Color Hanukkah Party by Eric Greene (RSVP via email)

Resources

• Chanukah Songs of Light and Darkness Playlist by Let My People Sing
• Erev Yalda: A Celebration of Persian-Jewish Winter Solstice Traditions by Reboot Studios, with Rachel Sumekh and Tannaz Sassooni.
• Hanukkah and Eid Al-Banat: Affinity, Heroism, and Light – an Asynchronous Guide for Study on Hanukkah by Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy
• A Little More Darkness by Kendra Watkins, SVARA Faculty Fellow
• Sharing Our Light: Hanukkah Mini-Guide by Sharoll Fernandez Siñani

If you have other events or resources centering Jews of Color for the Hanukkah holiday, please submit them using this form.