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JCC Brings Dalton Community Together for Sukkot

In honor of Sukkot, the High School Jewish Cultures Club (JCC) organized a week’s worth of activities and guest speakers for students, faculty, and staff to learn about the Jewish holiday.
The festivities kicked off with High School students pitching in to build the sukkah, a traditional temporary structure used during Sukkot. Community members of all ages and religious backgrounds joined the fun by gathering to decorate the sukkah while enjoying pizza, challah, and cookies. 

On Monday, Tobi Kahn, faculty at The School of Visual Arts, sat down with students and facilitated a discussion about artistic interpretations of sukkah structures. Later in the week, High School students invited First Program and 4th grade students to 89th Street to read Sammy Spider’s First Sukkot. Rabbi Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt Jablonski visited students in the sukkah to discuss the religious significance of the sukkah from the Hebrew Bible, the requirements for a shack to be considered a sukkah, and what a lulav and etrog are. Throughout the week, Middle School students also had lunch-and-learns in the sukkah. 
 
The HS JCC is incredibly grateful to Dustin Atlas, the Equity and Belonging Office, the Administration, and the entire Dalton community for their enthusiastic support of this annual project.
 
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