Recap: JVS Chanukah party 18/12/2025
We celebrated a chanukah with a big, compassionate and sustainable community party! Dan and Kevin spent the day making 150 doughnuts from scratch, filling them with various homemade jams from Dan's garden. The party guests also enjoyed a big buffet with copious fresh latkes, salads, dips, nibbles, treats and drinks.
The JVS space was lit up with fairy lights, festive decorations and upbeat Chanukah music. More than 60 attendees came to light the hanukiyah, sing, nosh and natter. The evening was transformed by a live klezmer performance by Oi Va Voi duo, whose clarinet and accordian sung out Yiddishe classics. To these familiar klezmer tunes, JVS member Sargam led upbeat Israeli dancing encouraging people onto their feet and sparking new connections within the community.
Overall it was a wonderful night of traditional foods, kehilla, song and dance!