Chanukah will be here before you know it and Congregation Mishkan Israel will celebrate the Festival of Lights with a Chanukah Dinner & Service on Friday, December 11th. This fun family celebration is open to the community and will begin at 5:45 p.m. with a Shabbat dinner that features traditional Friday night foods as well as latkes and other favorite Chanukah treats. The evening will conclude with a Shabbat Family Service at 7:00 p.m. There is a fee for dinner. To RSVP and for more information, contact the synagogue office at (203) 288-3877.

Congregation Mishkan Israel is a reform synagogue located at 785 Ridge Road in Hamden. It is the 14th oldest in the United States and the oldest continuously operating one in New England.