Last Sunday’s Menorah-Rise event exceeded expectations with over 300 people attending over the course of two hours to witness the Menorah-Rise and take part in the first ever public Chanukah celebration in Old Greenwich.
“History was made,” said Rabbi Boruch Ceitlin of Jewish Riverside Old Greenwich, who led the event.
A part of the attendance US Senator Richard Blumenthal had the honor of of placing the final light bulb on the Menorah.
Among the other community leaders attending the event were Selectwoman Lauren Rabin, Selectperson Janet Stone McGuigan and BET members Elliot Alchek and Matt DesChamps.

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House in Old Greenwich on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

Jay Feinsod of ACE Old Greenwich, Rabbi Boruch Ceitlin and Selectwoman Lauren Rabin. Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

Rabbi Boruch Ceitlin and US Senator Richard Blumenthal at the Menorah-Rise event in Old Greenwich. Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

US Senator Richard Blumenthal had the honor of placing the final light bulb on the Menorah.Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

Old Greenwich residents Chaya Ceitlin, son Menachem, Rabbi Boruch Ceitlin, Matt DesChamps, Julie DesChamps and Elliot Alchek at the Menorah-Rise event. Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

A part of the attendance US Senator Richard Blumenthal had the honor of of placing the final light bulb on the Menorah.Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez

The first ever Old Greenwich public Menorah-Rise event took place outside the Sound Beach Fire House on Dec 15, 2024 Photo: Madelyne Perez