WITH wide eyes and waving hands, Patti Wollman leaned close to the children hunkered down on the carpet and recited the Hanukkah story.

The program that followed included dreidel-playing, post-modern dancing, singing and some political speechifying that emphasized the Hanukkah story as one of refusal and insurrection.

The actor Theodore Bikel will narrate Hanukkah stories.

Next Sunday afternoon she will invite people inside for a party, and on other afternoons she will invite them to smaller events featuring Hanukkah stories and traditions.

"I'd also like to do Hanukkah stories and candle lighting," she said.

Judah Maccabee," hero of the Hanukkah story.

"You know the Hanukkah story?"

(Sunday) Dan Cohen, a k a Danna Banana, presents an interactive musical telling of the Hanukkah story.

It includes a dramatic retelling of the Hanukkah story.

The song is a parody of "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz retelling the Hanukkah story.