Chanukah

 

 

 

Produced by the Tony Award-winning team of Yael Silver and Carmine Entertainment, the event will feature Chanukah music and traditions from around the world, showcasing acclaimed choirs, cantors, and special celebrity guests.

 
 

 

 
 

Viewers everywhere will be able to watch this streamed presentation with their families and communities and come together to celebrate and support the World Union. 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

The event will be broadcast on Sunday, December 13th (4th Night of Chanukah), at 8pm NY | EST Time in partnership presentation with Central Synagogue on their YouTube channel.

 

 

 

 

  
Special Guests

 

Mayim Bialik

 

Elana Jagoda

 

Evan Kent

 

Yasmin Levy

 

Lisa Loeb

 

Henry Platt

 

Jonah Platt

 

Sharone Sayegh

 

Peter Yarrow

 

  

  
Speakers

 

Alexandra Finkelshtein

Moscow, Russia

 

Rabbi Ari Lorge

| Central Synagogue
New York, USA

 

Rabbi Benjamin Meijer Verbrugge

Jakarta, Indonesia

 

Carole Sterling

| Chair, WUPJ
Toronto, Canada

 

Rabbi David Maxa

| Ec Chajim Praha
Prague, Czech Republic

 

Rabbi Emma Gottlieb

| Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation
Cape Town, South Africa

 

Hernán Rustein

| Ibero-American Institute for Rabbinical Education Reform
Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Rabbi Nir Barkin

| Kehillat Yozma Modi’in
Modi’in, Israel

 

Rita Fruman

| Director of Programs and Operations in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, WUPJ
Jerusalem, Israel

 

Rabbi Ruben Sternschein

| Congregação Israelita Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil

 

Rabbi Sergio Bergman

| President, WUPJ
Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

Our Open Call for video submissions is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

 

 
 
Executive Producers:
L. Tadd and Sandra Schwab
 
Tony Award Winning Theatrical Producer:
Yael Silver (Carmine Entertainment)
 
Grammy-Award Winning Musical Director:
Mary Ekler
Gala Chairs:
L. Tadd and Sandra Schwab
 
Gala Committee:
Sandra Schwab, Jane Taves, Charles Rothschild, Carole Sterling, Cantor Evan Kent, Rachel Schulties