December 14, 2025·Charmain Z. Brackett·Comments Off on In pictures: Hanukkah celebration 2025
Members of Augusta’s Jewish community gathered at the Evans Towne Center Park Dec. 14 to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with children’s games, songs, a menorah lighting, a gelt drop with the assistance of Columbia County firefighters, prizes, latkes, donuts and a pyrotechnic show.
Hanukkah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. This year it began at sundown Dec. 14 and ends Dec. 22.
A pyrotechnic performance was part of the Hanukkah celebration at the Evans Towne Center Park Dec.14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsChildren sang Hanukkah songs Dec. 14, 2025 at Evans Towne Center Park. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsFirefighters brought a ladder truck to the Evans Towne Center Park for the chocolate gelt drop during the Hanukkah celebration Dec. 14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsColumbia County firefighters helped with a chocolate gelt drop from a ladder truck Dec. 14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsColumbia County firefighters helped with a chocolate gelt drop from a ladder truck Dec. 14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsA Hanukkah menorah was lit on the first night Dec. 14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsA dreidel was part of the Hanukkah celebration Dec. 14, 2025 at the Evans Towne Center Park. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsA pyrotechnic performance was part of the Hanukkah celebration at the Evans Towne Center Park Dec.14, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good NewsClick on advertisements for more information.
Charmain Z. Brackett, the publisher of Augusta Good News and Inspiring: Women of Augusta, has covered Augusta’s news for more than 35 years. She’s won multiple Georgia Press Association awards, is the recipient of the 2018 Greater Augusta Arts Council’s media award and was named Augusta Magazine’s best local writer in 2024 and 2025. Reach her at charmain@augustagoodnews.com. Sign up for the newsletter here.
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