Dianne Ash­ton is pro­fes­sor of reli­gion stud­ies and the for­mer direc­tor of Amer­i­can stud­ies at Rowan Uni­ver­si­ty. Her most recent book, Hanukkah in Amer­i­ca:…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­stein Yes, if you’re won­der­ing, my par­ents have been fol­low­ing the entire Eight Nights of Sto­ries blog series. My mom has no mem­o­ry of the night she…

Read all of the posts in our Eight Nights of Sto­ries series here.Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kim­mel; illus. Mike Wohnout­kaI have to admit, I was extreme­ly puz­zled when…

Read all of the posts in our Eight Nights of Sto­ries series here.The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Scream­ing: A Christ­mas Sto­ry by Lemo­ny Snick­et; Lisa Brown, illus.On…

We’re leav­ing you with three nights’ worth of read­ing in one book for the week­end, but don’t wor­ry: Eight Nights of Sto­ries con­tin­ues next week!What’s this all about? Read…

Wel­come to the sec­ond install­ment of the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Eight Nights of Sto­ries series! Missed yes­ter­day’s read­ing list on Hanukkah mag­ic? Catch up here.What’s…

We thought we’d kick off Eight Nights of Sto­ries series with a Hanukkah clas­sic — but scroll down, there’s plen­ty more! Click on book images for JBC reviews and links to…

We know, it seems far too ear­ly to be plan­ning for Chanukah. For all the ​“Thanks­givin­gukkah” fren­zy that’s been about since the start of autumn, the cal­en­dric…