Your Hanukkah Latkes and Jelly Donuts order will support Jewish seniors

Hanukkah is coming up soon – right after Thanksgiving. And you can make that post-cooking time a little easier by ordering your Potato Latkes and Jelly Donuts for your Hanukkah celebrations at home or in the office – or even to take to a get-together.

Jewish – or not – join in the cultural tradition that will also go to support the residents and programs of the Phylis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence.

Latkes: $12.50/dozen – and – Jelly Donuts: $8.50/dozen 

You will need to place your order by Wednesday, November 24th – Call and reserve your order at 401-732-0037 ext. 112

Then you can pick up your order at Tamarisk in Warwick (at 3 Shalom Drive) on

Sunday, Nov. 28th, from 9am to 4pm – or – Monday, Nov. 29th, from 9am to 4pm.

Checks can be made payable to Tamarisk, Inc.

There are many traditions of Hanukkah – the most popular is the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, adding one candle each night, representing the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire.  It is also known as the Festival of Lights. According to the Talmud, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day’s lighting.

In the area of traditional foods, latkes – sometimes referred to as potato pancakes – are served. Made in a variety of ways from fried to baked with sides of applesauce to sour cream, these foods keep the tradition of eating foods cooked with olive oil to commemorate the small flask of oil that lasted eight days.

About Tamarisk

The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence is a community of Jewish Collaborative Services, a full-spectrum senior housing and social services agency serving Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts communities.

The Tamarisk tree has long been a symbol of hospitality dating back to biblical times in the land of Israel. Consistent with its quest to enrich the quality of life for older adults and their families, Jewish Seniors Agency of Rhode Island has chosen Tamarisk as the name of its unique assisted living residence. It is in the spirit of this desert tree that Tamarisk is a symbol of Hospitality, making all who come here feel welcomed, comforted and protected.