Who says Christmas gets to have all the fun? The spirited eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights” might look a bit different this year, but there are still plenty of ways to celebrate in style. Read on to discover all the ways DC is reimagining Hanukkah — on all eight nights of light.

• Thursday, December 10
  • 5:30pm – 8 Nights of Lights with Bender JCCGW, EDCJCC, and Pozez JCC
  • 6:30pm – First Night of Chanukah Candle Lighting with Moishe House NoVA
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – 8 Bright Nights: Candelighting & Storytelling with Tifereth Israel
  • 7:00pm – Count Every Night: Chanukah 2020 with Sixth & I
  • Various Times – Hanukkah @ Adas: Eight Nights, Eight Opportunities
• Friday, December 11
  • 6:00pm – The Great Hanukkah Hunt: Photo Scavenger Hunt with 2239
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 8:oopm – 8 Bright Nights: Chanukah Text Study & Oneg with Tifereth Israel
  • 8:00pm – Torah on Tap: Chanukah with Moishe House NoVA
• Saturday, December 12
  • 5:30pm – Chanukah Havdalah with Sixth & I
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – 8 Bright Nights: Stargazing with Tifereth Israel
  • 8:00pm – Hanukkah Learning Event with Kesher Israel & Moishe House Bethesda
  • 8:30pm – Chanukah Havdalah: Lights & Ice Skating with NOVA Tribe
• Sunday, December 13
  • 6:00pm – Jewish Flavor: Fried Feast with Sixth & I
  • 6:00pm – Chanukah IRL: Lights, Laughs, and Lyrics with EntryPoint EDCJCC
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – Pop Culture Chanukah with Rodef 2100
• Monday, December, 14
  • 4:30pm – Chanukah Cooking with the Kagins with EDCJCC
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – 8 Bright Nights: Olive Oil Workshop with Tifereth Israel
  • 7:00pm – Not Your Mother’s Latke Cooking Class with Moishe House Mosaic-Fairfax
• Tuesday, December 15
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – 8 Bright Nights: Sip & Paint with Tifereth Israel
• Wednesday, December 16
  • 6:00pm – Light the Menorah with Young Adults from EntryPoint and the Inclusion Department with EDCJCC
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
• Thursday, December 17
  • 6:45pm – Nightly Candle Lighting with 2239
  • 7:00pm – Firelight Flow: A Virtual Chanukah Yoga Class with Sixth & I
  • 7:30pm – Chanukah/New Year’s Virtual Mixology Lesson with Pozez JCC, Moishe House NoVA and Moishe House Mosaic-Fairfax