Jewish Pride at Barclays Center

Photos: Itzik Roytman/COLlive

Chanukah, the festival of lights, was made a bit brighter on Monday night at the fourth annual CTeen Jewish Heritage Night at the Brooklyn Barclays Center.

Thousands of people—with many of them being Jewish teens who attended with the 36 CTeen chapters from the tri-state area—packed the seats of Brooklyn’s premier sports stadium and were treated to a star studded event that featured acclaimed Jewish superstar Dudu Fisher, a Rabbis vs. teens halftime game, and of course, the lighting of the famous Basketball menorah.

Aaron Slate of CTeen of North West NJ recited the brachos and lit the basketball menorah in between the first and second quarters of the game.

Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, executive director of Merkos 302, then shared the Rebbe’s Chanukah message with the sold out crowd of over 20,000 people.

Dudu Fisher sang the national anthem and performed during halftime.