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Hanukkah street festival shines light on Jewish holiday in downtown Steamboat Springs

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John F. Russell

Evelyn Feder enjoys a warm beverage with her friend Mia Ludwig during the Hanukkah street festival on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
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Jake Proffit, an ice sculptor with Alpine Ice out of Wolcott, uses a propane torch to work on a sculpture of a menorah for the Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday. Rabbi Isaac Abelsky with The Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs organized the first of it’s kind event in Steamboat Springs.
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Sculptor Jake Proffit uses a tool to put the finishing touches on a sculpture of a menorah for the Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday.
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Mia Ludwig, left, and Evelyn Feder enjoy a warm beverage during the Hanukkah street festival on Thursday.
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Evelyn Feder enjoys a warm beverage with her friend Mia Ludwig during the Hanukkah street festival on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
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Snow flies in the air as sculptor Jake Proffit uses a power tool to put the finishing touches on a sculpture of a menorah for the Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday.
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A firefighter with Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue tosses chocolate covered coins out of a ladder truck bucket as part of the Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs’ Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday.
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Jake Proffit, an ice sculptor with Alpine Ice out of Wolcott, works on a sculpture of a menorah for the Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday.
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Jake Proffit, an ice sculptor with Alpine Ice out of Wolcott, works on a sculpture of a menorah for the Hanukkah Street Festival on Thursday. The event, which drew a large crowd was organized by Rabbi Isaac Abelsky with The Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs.
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Rabbi Isaac Abelsky, Rabbi of the Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs, watches as Paul Danziger lights the menorah during the Hanukkah street festival Thursday, Dec. 26. Danziger was joined by his son, Joshua, far left and Abelsky, second from the left . Abelsky, organized the first-ever Hanukkah Street Festival in Steamboat Springs for Chabad Jewish Center of Steamboat Springs. A large crowd showed up for the event that included a nearly 7-foot high ice sculpture of a menorah, chocolate coins dropped from a ladder truck, a DJ playing music as well as latkes and other traditional Jewish foods. Thursday marked the second day of Hanukkah, which started Dec. 25 this year.
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John F. Russell is the business reporter at the Steamboat Pilot & Today. To reach him, call 970-871-4209, email jrussell@SteamboatPilot.com or follow him on Twitter @Framp1966.

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