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    Hanukkah

    Essay

    Chanukah: A Repos­i­to­ry of Memory

    Ron­na Wineberg is the author of On Bit­ter­sweet Place, her first nov­el, and a debut col­lec­tion, Sec­ond Lan­guage, which won the New Rivers Press Many Voic­es Project…
    Ron­na Wineberg
    December 22, 2014
    Essay

    Woody Guthrie’s Hanukkah Songs

    Rab­bi Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD is the author of A Kosher Christ­mas: ​’Tis the Sea­son to Be Jew­ish (Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty Press). Vis­it his web site and sea­son­al blog at…
    Rab­bi Joshua Eli Plaut
    December 15, 2014
    Recommended Reading

    A Guide To Select­ing Your Per­fect Chanukah Book

    Post­ed by Cha­va LanskyHere’s your guide to select­ing your per­fect book for Chanukah this year! Want a larg­er ver­sion? Click the image! You can find links to all of…
    Cha­va Lansky
    December 8, 2014
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    2014 Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Chanukah Gift Guide

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterWe know you book lovers out there have been wait­ing all year for what’s final­ly upon us: Jew­ish Book Month — an annu­al event to pro­mote…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    November 17, 2014
    Recommended Reading

    2014 Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Chanukah Gift Guide for Children

    Post­ed by Nat BernsteinWe know it’s only Novem­ber, but we’ve already got Chanukah on our mind. Ear­li­er today we pub­lished our 2014 Chanukah gift-giv­ing guide for adults,…
    Nat Bern­stein
    November 17, 2014
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hon­eyky Hanukah
    Woody Guthrie; Dave Horowitz, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hanukkah
    Lisa M. Herrington
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Eighth Menorah
    Lauren Wohl; Laura Hughes, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hanukkah Bear
    Eric A. Kimmel; Mike Wohnoutka, illus.
    Essay

    What’s New About Hanukkah?

    Dianne Ash­ton is pro­fes­sor of reli­gion stud­ies and the for­mer direc­tor of Amer­i­can stud­ies at Rowan Uni­ver­si­ty. Her most recent book, Hanukkah in Amer­i­ca:…
    Dianne Ash­ton
    November 26, 2013
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    Non­fic­tion
    Hanukkah in Amer­i­ca: A History
    Dianne Ash­ton
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Pow­er of Light: Eight Sto­ries for Hanukkah
    Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
    Recommended Reading

    Eight Nights of Sto­ries: The Yid­dish Masters

    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…
    Nat Bern­stein
    November 13, 2013
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    Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a… Rabbi?

    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…
    Nat Bern­stein
    November 12, 2013
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    Eight Nights of Snicket

    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…
    JBC Staff
    November 11, 2013
    Recommended Reading

    Eight Nights of Sto­ries; Three Nights of Kafka

    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…
    JBC Staff
    November 8, 2013
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