The Lights We Pass Down
By Gabrielle Savoldelli Director, Nursery School My favorite Chanukah book as a child was Chanukah is Here, originally published in 1953. The simple four-color drawings illustrate the traditions of Chanukah: prayers by the menorah, the mother in the kitchen wearing an apron frying latkes, and the brother and sister spinning the dreidel. This book’s charms […]
The meaning of Chanukah: Showing the menorah without fear
Rabbi Josha M. Davidson’s op-ed featured in the Daily News on December 29, 2024 The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized the Temple in his efforts to Hellenize Judea. Resisting assimilation, the Maccabees defeated the Syrian army, and reclaiming the Temple, they kindled again […]
