Hanukkah starts late in 2024, so we're hosting warm up events on Friday, December 13th and Sunday, December 15th to celebrate as a community (all are welcome).
Contact our office with questions at info@peretz-centre.org
Friday Night Hanukkah Singalong and Community Potluck
Fraytik tsu Nakht (Friday night) Shabbes for Cultural Jews is a longstanding tradition of the Peretz Centre. Starting with songs and readings from our Secular Humanist booklet, we welcome members, friends, and newcomers to light candles, share food, and stay for a kids-friendly singalong of classic Hanukkah songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and English.
Peretz staff have arranged for potato latkes and sfenj (Moroccan doughnuts) to commemorate the essential role of fried foods in Hanukkah celebrations.
When: Friday, December 13th, 2024 (6pm-9pm)
Where: The Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture (6184 Ash Street)
Admission: a contribution to the pot luck OR pay $18.00 per person (children under 13 and Pnei Mitzvah grads are free). Please register early to help us prepare enough food for everyone.
How to Learn the Songs (Music, Lyrics, and Translations)
Whether you want to learn or teach the songs, refresh your memory, or just sing them for fun, Donna, Dan, and Rivka made a playlist of the songs we have planned:
Please note that we often sing secularized versions of traditional songs and some of the videos may be a bit different than the Peretz versions.
Each video is linked with additional resources in the list below (click to expand):
Ikh bin a Kleyner Dreydel (Yiddish)
Listen and singalong with Karen Feldman's performance for Yiddish Oystralye on YouTube:
Score, lyrics, and translations here:
Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydel – The Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle
I Have a Little Dreidel (English)
Maoz Tzur / Rock of Ages (Hebrew)
Khanike oy Khanike (Yiddish)
Hanukkah oh Hanukkah (English)
Sevivon sov sov sov (Hebrew)
Ocho kandelikas (Ladino)
Light One Candle (English)
Tsindt on Likhtlekh (Yiddish)
Drey zikh, dreydele (Yiddish)
Borukh Ate zingt der tate (Yiddish)
Get Tickets for the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir 2024 Hanukkah Concert
After a long absence, the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir will be performing our Hanukkah/Khanike repertoire at the Peretz Centre this year. The performance will featuring songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English (see event details for the full repertoire).
When: Sunday, December 15th, 2024 (2pm-3:30pm)
Where: The Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture (6184 Ash Street)
Admission: Early-bird tickets are $15 ($10 for seniors) until Tuesday, Dec. 10th, or regular price $18 from Dec. 11th.
Though the choir hasn't performed for Hanukkah at the Peretz Centre in many years, they regularly bring out their holiday repertoire at other locations in Vancouver. You can watch CBC's coverage on their 2023 concert at the downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library:
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