November 24, 2021
Festival of Lights
Around Town Celebrate the season with St. Charles County Parks. Pg. 4
Wentzville diverts e-waste from landfills. Pg. 5 St. Charles County Police urge citizens to remain cautious about auto thefts, break-ins. Pg. 6
Business St. Louis Funny Bone Comedy Club now open at Streets of St. Charles. Pg. 3
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Submitted photo Beginning at 5 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 28, the St. Charles community will gather to light a nine-foot Chanukah menorah at Berthold Square at 221 South Main. The third-annual event is open to the public and free of charge. The ceremony, organized by the Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County, is expected to feature prominent community officials and leaders, including County Executive Steve Ehlmann, Mayor Dan Borgmeyer and State Rep. Adam Schwadron.
The Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County’s Chanukah on Main Street returns for its third year in St. Charles By Brett Auten Chanukah on Main Street returns for its third go-around. The ceremony, organized by the Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County, will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Berthold Square at 221 Main Street in St. Charles. The lighting of a nine-foot Chanukah menorah followed by a community-wide celebration is the first night of the eight-day holiday. The event is open to the public and free of charge. According to the most recent demo-
graphic study sponsored by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis an estimated 5,800 (nearly 10-percent) of the region’s 61,000 Jews live in St. Charles County. Bassy Landa, who, together with her husband, Rabbi Chaim Landa directs the Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County, as well as the St. Charles Jewish Family Network, said that you can expect a fun and enjoyable evening for the entire family whether or not you celebrate Chanukah. “The first year we hosted Chanukah on Main Street we were hoping for a couple of dozen people, more than 300 people
showed up,” Landa said. “That’s just the way it’s been for our community.” Recently, over 1,000 visitors came to the St. Charles Jewish Festival. “We had 300 people for Chanukah, 140 people for Rosh Hashanah, it’s been kinda wild,” Landa said. “The St. Charles Jewish community has been growing by leaps and bounds. We’re very excited about this year’s program.” For the remaining days of Chanukah, there will be a Chanukah at the Police StaSee ‘LIGHTS’ page 2
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