By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom will light a 12-foot outdoor menorah on the Third Street Promenade on Dec. 20. The lighting will be followed by live Jewish music.
“Chanukah Light Live” coincides this year with the second night of Chanukah and is organized by Chabad in Santa Monica. The joy and music bring on spontaneous Hasidic dancing by Chabad members and onlookers alike.
The menorah was fashioned to blend in with the Promenade’s décor, “A Winterlit Holiday.” It was donated last year by Bobco Metals and created by Avi Yitzchak.
Chanukah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the triumphant victory of religious practice and freedom over the Syrian-Greek Empire 2,000 years ago.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 13, 2003. Read the original PDF.