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What a Wonderland
Chanukah Wonderland was held at the Jewish Discovery Center on Northern Boulevard in Clarks Summit on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Local Jewish families celebrated the eight-day holiday with fried donut- making, dreidel-painting and a lighting of a menorah made of ice.
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Rabbi Benny Rapoport, co-director of the Jewish Discovery Center, lights an ice sculpture of a menorah sculpted by Joe Mangino, Scranton, the executive chef of the Community Medical Center.
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Inside the Jewish Discovery Center, volunteers teach children how to make fried doughnuts called sufganiot. At center, Lauren Larar from Dalton demonstrates kneading the dough into a sufganiot.
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Shimmy Wrightman, left, Toronto, Canada and Jama R., Brooklyn, NY, volunteer serving foods cooked in oil such as latke or potato pancakes. |
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Visitors dine and celebrate at Chanukah Wonderland in the Jewish Discovery Center on December 23 in Clarks Summit. |
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