Join us for the final night of Hanukkah on 12/17 as Not Free to Desist brings together our community to celebrate our survival and joyful resistance in the face of this challenging year. We’ll be joined by 11 of our favorite JOC artists and leaders for candle lighting, laughter, visioning and storytelling.

Our Program 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT - Welcome, Candle-lighting

• Ritual led by Danielle Natelson and meditation led by Kimberly Dueñas of Jewtina y. Co

9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT - Conversation with the founders of Not Free to Desist: Reigniting our collective-liberation and anti-racism work in the year ahead. 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT - JOC artists, activists, and storytellers share!

• featuring Emily McDonnell, Dee Senae of Mosaic Visions, Jordan Daniels, Hannah Sachs, Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, Ingrid Gumpert, the Jewish Liberation Fund and more!

The festival of lights comes at the darkest time of the year, when the nights are long and the days are cold. We can look to this Jewish tradition as a source of inspiration and a reminder that even in the darkest times, there is light to be found.