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Hanukkah

Essay

What is That Song Play­ing in My Ear?

Ear­li­er this week, Joshua Eli Plaut wrote about Hanukkah events in the NYC area. He has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Jews have…
Joshua Eli Plaut
December 13, 2012
Essay

It’s Hanukkah Time! Where’s the Party?

Last week, Joshua Eli Plaut wrote about Fes­tivus and Jew­ish San­tas. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Every Decem­ber,…
Joshua Eli Plaut
December 11, 2012
Essay

So You Want to Dress Up As Santa?!

Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD, is the full-time Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Amer­i­can Friends of Rabin Med­ical, as well as the Rab­bi of the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Syn­a­gogue in Man­hat­tan.…
Joshua Eli Plaut
December 4, 2012
Recommended Reading

Hanukkah Reads

Hanukkah is around the cor­ner! Enjoy the reads below and check out our longer Hanukkah read­ing list here.Cel­e­brat­ing the Jew­ish Year: Win­ter Hol­i­days — Hanukkah, Tu…
JBC Staff
November 27, 2012
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Chil­dren’s
Mac­cabee Meals: Food and Fun For Hanukkah
Judye Groner; Madeline Wikler; Ursula Roma, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Touch of Chanukah: A Touch and Feel Book
Sylvia Rouss; Boruch Becker, illus.
Cover of Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah!
Chil­dren’s
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah!
Olga & Aleksey Ivanov, illus.
Cover of Four Sides, Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah
Chil­dren’s
Four Sides, Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah
Rebecca Tova Ben-Zvi; Susanna Natti, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
The Eight Nights of Chanukah
Lesléa Newman; Elvia Savadier, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
My First Menorah
Salina Yoon
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Chil­dren’s
Dinosaur on Hanukkah
Diane Levin Rauchwerger; Jason Wolff, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Hanukkah, Shmanukkah!
Esme Raji Codell; LeUyen Pham, illus.
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Visu­al Arts
Five Cen­turies of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jew­ish Museum
Susan L. Braunstein
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Non­fic­tion
Hanukkah Lights
Harlan Ellison
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Pini the Pitch­er: A Sto­ry for Hanukkah
Batya Kirshenbaum Osterbach; Lizzy Elsby, illus.
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The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle
Jacqueline Jules, Katherine Janus Kahn, Illustrator
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