Just in time to bring a bit of brightness into a dark year, Santa Barbara’s Jewish families and their friends will be firing up the menorahs at sundown on December 10 to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, which lasts until the evening of December 18. Here are numerous ways to feed your body and mind during the eight-night Festival of Lights.
Edjudaica’s Be the Light Chanukah Celebration Kit
Earlier in her career as a Jewish educator, Samantha Silverman was known to dress up like a bee and dance on top of her desk to show why the sweet nectar of honey was an appropriate treat for Rosh Hashanah. But today, the Santa Barbara teacher and entrepreneur is working a bit more inside the box, at least literally, through her company Edjudaica, which prepares educational and entertaining packages to teach about Judaism in engaging ways.