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The annual golf cart parade attracts both Jews and non-Jews in a celebration of Chanukah.

By Michael Weinstock December 15, 2021, 4:02 pm Edit
  • A hanukkiah is affixed to the golf cart is part of the parade.
    A hanukkiah is affixed to the golf cart is part of the parade.
  • Most of the golf carts had to be transported on a trailer to the starting location to participate.
    Most of the golf carts had to be transported on a trailer to the starting location to participate.
  • Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
    Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
  • Several golf carts, decorated with Chanukah festive décor, line up to parade during the event.
    Several golf carts, decorated with Chanukah festive décor, line up to parade during the event.
  • Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
    Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
  • Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
    Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
  • Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.
    Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.

As the sun casts its golden rays of dusk across the surface of Lake Peachtree’s 270 acres, a warm, sparkled glow inches from side to side, ever closer, throughout the forests of Atlanta’s south side.

Lamplight? A lone hiker, clutching a hiking torch?

Your eyes trace this glow that scans and zigzags and sets the forest ablaze with its incandescence. Don’t blink. One orb splinters off to form another in tandem. However magical these globes of light, the sprinkles of stardust that float atop remain the true fascination. What kind of magical fireflies are these?

Several golf carts leading the parade carry the menorahs that will be lit.

A second set of radiant asterisks now trail behind the leaders, as the four suns slalom their way closer still, heating from a yellowed glow to a white glare. Don’t blink. What just happened? Four additional spots topped with stardust dart side to side, behind the initial four.

Eight lights.

Okay, time to blink … hard! Squeeze your eyes shut, count to ten, then open them. With your eyes still shut, Yoni Z’s thumping house-inspired tune “Hallelukah,” fills your chest, as the volume ratchets and your pulse quickens. Spring your eyes open, wide.

A total of no less than 40 headlamps parade toward you. Headlamps? Yes, golf cart headlamps. Twenty golf carts in procession stride the contours of Peachtree City’s cart paths. These are unique golf carts, however. Not only do these parading golf carts feature synchronized Jewish music, but remember the stardust? That’s the illuminated lamps of each cart’s own menorah. These golf carts shuttle friends and family alike, through the hinterlands of Peachtree City to Drake Field, where both Chabad of Peachtree City and Congregation B’nei Israel join in the Grand Menorah Lighting and Celebration.

A hanukkiah is affixed to the golf cart is part of the parade.

This annual event attracts both Jews and non-Jews alike – from every facet of the social spectrum – and features the pride-filled golf-cart parade, hot golden latkes, live musical performances by Chabad of Peachtree City congregants, songs and dances for the kindelach, arts and crafts for everyone, the enlightening Chanukah address by Rabbi Lew, and the pinnacle event: the kindling of Grand Menorah.

This annual event remains the stardust of Jewish pride –Peachtree City style.

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