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Give Light
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When the Nights Get Dark, We Light Them Up
December 10 – 18, 2020
For Hanukkah, enjoy gifts of imagination from Reboot’s culture creators. We offer quick bits of things to read, watch and hear – along with recommendations of places to give.
We asked our community to share the music, art and ideas giving them light in the moment. We share those gifts with you, in hopes you find your own light and pass it along.
8 nights. 8 sparks of Imagination. 8 places that need your light.
Episodes
Dixie Plus Dreidel
Guitarist and vocalist Luther Dickinson and jazz musician Sharisse Norman, of the Grammy-nominated North Mississippi Allstars, welcome us to Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Lighting the second night of candles for Reboot’s Hanukkah, Luther and Sharisse ask us to “Give Light” to those suffering from loneliness, depression, homelessness and hunger. And, together they serve up some Dixie plus dreidel.
Call Me Ishmael
Logan Smalley and Steph Kent, founders of CallMeIshmael.com — a creative, participatory literary initiative that was an honoree for the National Book Foundation’s “Innovations In Reading Prize” in 2015, will share a reflection by writer A.J. Jacobs on children’s classic, The Cat In the Hat.
A New Kind of Miracle, Kung Pao Pastrami Latkes
As parents, Mission Chinese founders Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint have worked to blend their different cultural backgrounds into their own new family traditions.
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Blog
Give Light This Hanukkah Through Tikkun Olam
Give Light re-imagines the concept of gift giving during Hanukkah as a time for tikkun olam. The initiative asks people of all backgrounds to consider how and why they “give light” to others this season. It means giving time, talents, thoughts or money to causes you believe in. It may mean speaking up to injustice, supporting a friend or loved one in need – or something completely unique to you. Get creative in how you reflect on the light you give this season. Do it with your family, friends, as an individual or with your organization or community. Enhance your experience with our DIY resource materials. Learn more and download our free Hanukkah kit here.
Podcasts
A Catskills Kibitz
“A Catskills Kibitz,” our first ever live Kibitz event, was held at the “World Famous” Kibitz Room at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles on the second night of Hanukkah and featured standup from Moshe Kasher, a conversation with Michael Showalter and a performance by the Living Sisters. We also set a world record for the most number of people to eat a pastrami sandwich in 60 seconds as officiated by RecordSetter.com.
Watch
Dispatches From Quarantine: Carl Reiner
Reboot’s Dispatches From Quarantine captured the last interview with Carl Reiner, allowing the world to get a final look into the life of an extraordinary and kind man before his passing in 2020 at age 98. The creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show reflected on mortality, faith and god and told some amazing jokes.