Everson Museum hosts menorah, dreidel making workshop to celebrate Hanukkah
People of all ages participated in a ceramic menorah, dreidel and candle making workshop Sunday at the Everson Museum in the Danial Family Education Center.
Weston Seabury, 5, Quillan Seabury, 3, and Alicia McGinnis, of Erieville, look at menorahs. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Weston Seabury, 5, Quillan Seabury, 3, and Alicia McGinnis, of Erieville, look at menorahs. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Weston Sebury, 5, and his mom, Alicia McGinnis, work with clay. Photo by Michelle Gabel | Central Current
Adrianna Kelly, 5, of Camillus, and her mom, Stefanie Kelly, share what they made. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Adrianna Kelly, 5, of Camillus, and her mom, Stefanie Kelly, put glaze on their clay candle. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
David Weiss, of Jamesville, admires his menorah, which he made to look like sushi. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Carol Radio of East Syracuse makes a Jewish star out of clay. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Ilaria Mossotti, 10, of Syracuse, watches her dad, Chris, work with clay. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Jacob, of Syracuse, decorates his menorah with glaze. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Rebecca Rothstein, of Camillus, decorates a dreidel with glaze. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
Dreidels are the center piece of the spinning game that is played during the festival of Chanukah.
Michelle, Rory, 6, Ilaria,10, Chris, and Mason Mossotti, 8, plan next steps in a scavenger hunt. Michelle Gabel Photo | Central Current
People of all ages participated in a ceramic menorah, dreidel and candle making workshop Sunday at the Everson Museum in the Danial Family Education Center.
The workshop was featured during the museum’s “Festival of Trees and Light,” which runs through Dec. 17. The items crafted during the workshop were made of clay, decorated with colorful glazes and baked in a kiln. Artist Nancy Modlin Katz, of East Syracuse, taught the workshop.
In Yiddish, dreidel is the word for top, the center piece of the spinning game that is played during the festival of Hanukkah. The Hanukkah menorah is a nine-branch candelabra used to celebrate the festival of Hanukkah.
Michelle Gabel is a Syracuse-based independent photojournalist who captures the human experience through documentary photography and portraiture. Her long-form photography projects tell complex, contemporary...
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