The Lynnwood Public Menorah Lighting and Celebration of Hanukkah is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Lynnwood City Center Light Rail Station. The Hanukkah event will feature a 9-foot Menorah, delicious Holiday treats, face painting, balloon twisting, personal Menorah kits and a musical performance by the Seattle-based Klez Katz Klezmer band.
The 13th annual event is sponsored by Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County.
“At this fraught time for the Jewish community, with war in Israel and American Jews facing a major rise in antisemitism, this year we are doing more to celebrate Hanukkah with joy and Jewish pride,” said Rabbi Berel Paltiel of the Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County.“The Menorah and Hanukkah represent freedom of the human spirit, freedom from tyranny and oppression, and of the victory of good over evil.”…