CELEBRATION BRINGS JEWISH CULTURE ALIVE; CONEJO VALLEY'S FAITHFUL JOIN TOGETHER.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer The Conejo Valley's Jewish community came together Sunday to celebrate their culture in preparation for Hanukkah. At the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Community Center, thousands of people gathered to eat food, buy crafts and listen to live music. ``This is all the Jews in the community, not just one temple,'' said Michele Matis Jackman, executive vice president of Temple Adat Elohim and co-chairperson of the event. The festival's intent is to let Jewish people of all varieties get together as a community to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of Jewish culture. At one table, Chaim Brysky of Chabad House A Chabad House is a centre for disseminating Orthodox Judaism by the Chabad movement. These centers exist today around the world, and serve as a Jewish community center that provides educational and outreach activities serving the needs of the entire Jewish community, regardless sang songs with children as he demonstrated how to extract oil from olives using a wooden press and centrifuge centrifuge (sĕn`trəfy  j), device using centrifugal force to separate two or more substances of different density, e.g., two liquids or a liquid and a solid. . The oil helps tell the story of the Hanukkah miracle, in which one day's oil lit lamps for eight days. ``Through that you make it a real, live experience for kids,'' Brysky said. ``It makes it real to them.'' Children had numerous free arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. activities to choose from, including tile painting, face painting and picture drawing. Craft vendors sold a wide range of Hanukkah-themed items, such as jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , candles, menorahs, teddy bears and gift baskets A gift basket, or fruit basket is typically a gift that is delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. There are different varieties of gift baskets, some which have fruit only, some with dry/canned goods only (such as tea, crackers and jam) although the standard . Four giant, human dreidels walked the festival in full blue outfits, although one claimed that no special spinning training was necessary for the job. ``They just knew I was a dizzy broad,'' said the dreidel, who also goes by the name Debbie Leshon. This was the festival's third year, and Jackman thinks that better planning and better weather brought out more people than last year. Organizers estimated that about 3,000 people attended the event. The event is nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , Jackman said. Any money earned simply goes toward next year's festival, she said. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins Dec. 14. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Dancing, a children's choir and human dreidels were among the highlights Sunday of the Jewish festival held at the Thousand Oaks Community Center. (2--Color) Rebecca Gold, held by her dad, Corey, doesn't know what to make of human dreidel Wendy Block at the festival of Jewish culture Sunday. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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