I spent most of the day shopping in downtown Seattle and Bellevue. Along the way, I took notice of how much Hanukkah presence there was around me. A couple of places had large menorahs (due to the work of the ultra-Orthodox Chabad). A gift wrapping store had a full wall of Hanukkah stuff, and pretty much any place that sold cards had some Hanukkah cards. Otherwise Hanukkah stuff was really hard to find. How is it in your area?
Well, I just woke up and came down stairs to find my kitchen still smells from last night’s latkes :)
I drove up Bathurst St.yesterday in Toronto yesterday, the heart of the Orthodox community here. There were a number of hannukiahs on display as well as (I kid you not) 8 “Mitzvah Tanks” which are mobile homes that have Moschiach is Coming banners on them.
I did buy 2 dozen sufganyot to share with my office.
Down by City Hall there was also a giant menorah next to the creche scene.
None at all here in Cayman. Wold be hard pressed to even find a Hannukah greeting card.
The local Jewish community is very small and there is no temple on the main island of Grand Cayman.
Miserable here. Most of the grocery stores don’t even have a Hanukkah endcap, let alone a full-time Jewish food section. As the husband of a practicing Jew, it leads to my hearing no end of kvetching. But even independent of that, I grew up in Maryland, with such a large Jewish population that Yom Kippur was a school holiday. By comparison, this place feels terribly homogeneous.
Columbus, Ohio and it is pretty good here within my area. Granted I live in a neighborhood that is adjacent to what is a traditionally Jewish community/neighborhood. My 9 month old daughter also attends daycare at the local Jewish Community Center. So perhaps I just see it more.
Certainly in our local businesses it is not the equivalent to the Christmas items for sale or on display but I know with confidence if I went to the local Krogers or Giant Eagle I’d have no problem finding Hanukkah items, whether food stuffs, cards, or decorating items.
Pretty good. Pittsburgh has a strong and fair-sized Jewish community and it isn’t as centralized in Squirrel Hill as it once was. They still have some of the most public celebrations (a parade of sorts and some festivals) but displays are common in a lot of the neighborhoods.
Very basic in my little suburb. Jewish food section in the grocery store, you’ll find a card or two.
There are a couple of very large Jewish communities nearby, with no reason to shop here.
I’m just across the Sound from you. Wal-Mart has Hanukkah decorations and, for reasons entirely mysterious to me, the YMCA has a menorah at the front desk.