Chanukah Celebration
Batei Tsibur, the organization of Jewish employees at NYCHA, held its annual Chanukah celebration on December 28, 2016, beginning with the lighting of the Chanukah menorah.
Batei Tsibur president Alan Pelikow recalled the two miraculous events that the holiday commemorates: the unlikely military victory of a small band of Jews against rulers that wanted to eradicate Judaism, and how one flask of pure oil that should have burned for just one day instead lasted for eight days.
For this reason, the Chanukah menorah is lit for eight nights “reminding us to lift the darkness of today’s world with an act of kindness and goodness,” Batei Tsibur member Daniel Mahpour later explained.
Guest speaker Chaim M. Deutsch, New York City Councilmember representing the 48th Congressional District in Brooklyn, encouraged Batei Tisbur members and guests to make a positive impact in the world by focusing on how to improve the lives of their family, friends and co-workers. For membership information, please contact Shie Morozow at Shie.Morozow@ nycha.nyc.gov.
