{"id":72877,"date":"2025-12-17T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72877\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:22:08","slug":"staten-island-jewish-community-celebrates-hanukkah-with-local-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72877\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah with local officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"43VEBWDULBCUZKYI3Q7J3DJR7E\">STATEN ISLAND, NY \u2014 Mark Treyger, CEO of JCRC-NY, and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella celebrated Hanukkah by sampling sufganiyot at two Island locations, bringing together community leaders to honor the Jewish holiday while supporting local businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UVSZVMYIRRHOJEF3HB5UUEI3TA\">The officials visited Island Kosher and the JCC of Staten Island to taste the traditional deep-fried jelly doughnuts, which are eaten during Hanukkah to symbolize the holiday\u2019s miracle, when one day of oil burned for eight nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5NPTRVSV4JF3DD75JLOATMSTZU\">Board members from JCRC-NY, the JCC of Staten Island, and the Council of Jewish Organizations of Staten Island joined the event. The group sampled doughnuts from both locations and discussed the meaning of Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Staten Island Jewish community celebrates Chanukah with local officials\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BY4S7P2CFFEPVCZ6BNBBY5U55E.png\"  \/>Mark Treyger and Borough President Fossella participated in a Sufganiyot Crawl that emphasized joy and community support during Hanukkah celebrations.Courtesy of Kara Roche\/SIJCC<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QR27F2JV6ZESBCIV74XRJJU5WQ\">\u201cToday\u2019s Sufganiyot Crawl was a joyful, delicious way to celebrate Hanukkah while supporting a Jewish small business and strengthening communal bonds on Staten Island,\u201d Treyger said. \u201cFood is a powerful way to bridge divides across communities and a vehicle for deepening understanding of cultural traditions and values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HJHOFAMSMFH7FD5KX7LNMCQQQ4\">Treyger emphasized the importance of year-round support for Jewish-owned businesses, not just during difficult times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2G2EUQVIPJGIXNADQ4XGLDBSHA\">Fossella described the event as a celebration of tradition and community values important to Staten Island residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V632V4O37BFKNNHYCWFKKBAOTU\">\u201cAs a kickoff to the second day of Hanukkah, it was a pleasure to enjoy this sufganiyot tasting and to highlight and support some of the local small businesses dedicated to serving the community during the holiday season,\u201d Fossella said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BIUIBGFVDZBEPNYC24O4UQ4JA4\">Orit Lender, CEO of the Joan &amp; Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island, said the gathering fostered unity at an important time for Jewish communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZKWKKMBGOZB63LJU4BJFE2LEF4\">\u201cIn light of the recent attack on the Jewish community in Australia, it is more important than ever to stand together in unity,\u201d Lender said. \u201cAs we celebrate Hanukkah, our Sufganiyot Crawl underscores the shared joy and connection that brings our kehillah \u2014 our community \u2014 together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PAQB6QNMINAIZPVYFRQAQBD5NI\">JCRC-NY is a UJA-Federation of NY agency that serves as the primary community relations agency for the Jewish community in the metropolitan New York area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, NY \u2014 Mark Treyger, CEO of JCRC-NY, and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella celebrated Hanukkah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-72877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}