Sunday, March 9, 1 – 4 pm Sandler Family Campus
PJ Library in Tidewater’s annual Purim celebration, Operation Hamantaschen – a day of baking hamantaschen and preparing a mitzvah project – offers three time slots this year (1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm), to make the cookies with friends and family.
Last year’s Operation Hamantaschen created Mishlochei Manot (gift baskets) for its Mitzvah project. Given to local organizations and agencies that had shown the Jewish community and Israel support, the baskets were much appreciated. Since the project was such a great success, it will be done again this year.
PJ Library is collecting donations of snacks and candy for the baskets. Even those who can’t attend the event, can support it by making donations, which may be dropped off at the JCC’s front desk prior to March 9. Boxes of individually wrapped kosher snacks, such as crackers, pretzels, potato chips, popcorn, and cookies, as well as bags of individually wrapped kosher mini candies such as Hershey’s chocolate, M&M’s, Dum Dums, and Twizzlers are examples of the preferred donations.
While the cookies are baking, participants can join PJ Library in the Fleishmann Lounge to arrange the baskets.
As always, everyone is encouraged to come in costume. Spots are limited, so be sure to register at jewishva.org/oh.
For questions or more information, contact Sarah Cooper at scooper@ujft.org or 757-321-2306.