On December 14, parents gathered for the second Breakfast My Way of the year in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. Sponsored by the Parents’ Association, Breakfast My Way is an opportunity for the parent community to come together to learn about their fellow parents’ cultures and traditional breakfast foods. This year’s previous event in October was also to celebrate a Festival of Lights, the Indian holiday of Diwali.
The December event was hosted by Daniella and Adam Pally, and Sindy Liben (parents and grandparent of Cole in the Silver Cluster) who shared a traditional Jewish bagel breakfast from New York City landmark Barney Greengrass. The mouthwatering spread included bagels and bialys, lox, schmear (a.k.a., cream cheese), jelly donuts, and latkes (potato pancakes).
In their invitation to the community, the Pallys wrote, “Our family has bagels at any gathering between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm, including Hanukkah. This year’s December edition of Breakfast My Way serendipitously falls on the week Hanukkah begins, a double celebration!”
The Pallys welcomed everyone to the breakfast, with Adam saying, “One of the big things in Jewish culture is a term called ‘fressing,’ which is when you basically catch up with a friend and you eat and you talk about nothing and everything. We are grateful to the entire Gaynor community to let us fress with you; Happy Hanukkah!”
