Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.
The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.
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Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.
The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.
More in the Extended Article!
“The little miracle of Hanukkah was that there was a cruise of oil that was found, that was only enough for one day but lasted all the eight days of Hanukkah,” explained Devorah Halberstam of the Jewish Children’s Museum. “And there you have story of Hanukkah.”
“God made a miracle for eight day, and that’s why we celebrate Hanukkah,” added a child who participated in the show.
The show is interactive, so the kids feel like they’re part of the story. But for the museum’s matriarch, Devorah Halberstam, the story of Hanukkah is her story.
On the fifth night of Hanukkah on December 1, 1994, the man who shot and killed her son, Ari, on the Brooklyn Bridge in March of that year, was found guilty.
“And it was on that night that we saw where good rose over bad, and darkness turned into light for us, on a certain level,” said Halberstam.
The museum opened in 2004, and is dedicated to Ari’s memory, and to teaching tolerance in a fun playful setting.
The museum was founded by a Lubavitch sect of Hasidic Jews. But since it opened in 2004, approximately 300,000 people of all backgrounds have come through the doors.
Exhibits include a kosher supermarket, kitchen and, and the World of Good, which encourages good deeds.
Now there are so many interactive activities here; kids can even climb through challah, which smells like fresh baked bread.
Speaking of fresh baked goods, after the Hanukkah show kids are given the chance to decorate donuts. Fried foods are traditional on Hanukkah food because of the oil, but of course they also help make for a sweet holiday.
Visitors to the museum can see the Macabee Show now through January 7.
– Stephanie Simon
www.jcm.museum
www.Chanukah.org
Down Under
Yet another Kiddush Hashem byt he JCM.
Yasher Koach to THE director, actors and behind the scenes guys. Awesome job!
Moshiach Now!
I SAW IT AND LOVED IT
GO WATCH THE WOMEN’S STORY MACCABEE SHOW!!