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Hanukkah event set for Universal
By SCOTT BARANCIK
Published December 19, 2005
What do Popeye, Olive Oyl, Woody Woodpecker and Curious George have in common? All four characters will help celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah this month at Universal Orlando.
Spokesman John Martz said the Dec. 25 event will be the first full-bore Hanukkah celebration in the resort's history. Two restaurants will serve food prepared according to Jewish dietary law. After an outdoor candle-lighting ceremony, Popeye and friends will lead participants on a march to the resort's main stage, where Israeli musicians will perform.
"We're still waiting on Scooby-Doo," said Rabbi Yosef Konikov, whose Chabad of South Orlando is one of two Orthodox Jewish groups cosponsoring the affair. He predicts at least 2,000 people will attend.
Konikov's work isn't over. To get the Thunder Falls and Cafe La Bamba restaurants ready to serve kosher food, he and others will come armed with such tools as blowtorches, which are used to purify food-preparation and cooking surfaces.
"Between me, the other rabbi and Batman," he said, "we're going to do it."
[Last modified December 16, 2005, 20:23:02]
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