Glow-in-the-Dark Chanukah Dinner

Rebecca Schoffer

Join us for an extravaganza of music, glow sticks, latkes, and light!

Celebrate with our big, welcoming community of families this Chanukah! We will gather round to sing, light the Chanukiah, and share blessings of love and light with our kids, followed by a catered dinner, wine (for the adults!), dancing, and of course, glow sticks galore! Led by Rebecca Schoffer, Director of Jewish Family Engagement and Shababa.

Catered Kosher meal by Chef Russ Moss (all food is nut and sesame free)

*Last, but certainly not least, we're hosting a Baked Goods Drive! Please bring boxed cookies, cakes, and sweets to the Chanukah Dinner, and we'll get your donations to Goddard Riverside Community Center, which serves a festive holiday dinner on Christmas Day to over 1,000 people in need.

Chanukah Menu:

Vegetable lasagna
Roasted green beans and wax beans
Green salad
Cucumber health salad
Jelly doughnuts
Latkes with applesauce

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Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer is the Director of Jewish Family Engagement and the leader of the Shababa community at 92nd Street Y …

Rebecca Schoffer

Rebecca Schoffer is the Director of Jewish Family Engagement and the leader of the Shababa community at 92nd Street Y. She is a musical and experiential Jewish educator, a singer songwriter, cantorial soloist and a playwright of Jewish family theater. Rebecca is a recent recipient of the 2019 Young Pioneers Award from The Jewish Education Project, which celebrates forward thinking innovative educators.

Before her 92Y days, Rebecca worked at the Atlantic Theater Company, where she also taught children’s theater classes and performed in theater for young audiences. She is a alumna of Tufts University and the Atlantic Acting Conservatory. Rebecca brings her background in theater, acting, music and improvisation to her work, creating spaces where hundreds of kids, parents, caretakers and grandparents come together every week to celebrate Jewish life through music, movement and play!

In addition to her weekly Shabbat celebrations, Rebecca also leads 92Y’s Family High Holiday services, baby naming ceremonies, holiday & Shabbat dinners, concerts and many other joyful Jewish celebrations for families. She sings as a cantorial soloist during the 92Y High Holiday season. As a songwriter, Rebecca weaves psalms, prayers and Jewish concepts into contemporary melodies. Her album Shababa of the Heart recorded in collaboration with Karina Zilberman and Toby Singer in 2015, is available on iTunes and Spotify. You can also check out Shababa concerts on 92Y On Demand and YouTube and sing along at home!

Rebecca is a theater director and playwright of family musicals, including Bagels from Benny the Musical and Sammy Spider’s First Mitzvah the Musical! co-written with Joel Esher and based on the beloved PJ Library books by Aubrey Davis and Sylvia Rouss.

Born and raised in Margate, NJ, Rebecca now lives in New York City with her husband Jonathan and son, Sam.

Please note that all 92Y regularly scheduled in-person programs are suspended.