Hanukkah: The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration
This newly-designed, easy-to-use edition of a classic spiritual sourcebook offers updated information, more family ideas, and new resources for every aspect of your holiday celebration. Information on every aspect of Hanukkah is covered, including: The story of Hanukkah. Celebrating -- for families of every constellation. Songs and prayers in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish (with clear transliterations). Recipes for traditional and modern Hanukkah foods. "December Dilemmas" -- coping with other...
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Create a meaningful and happy Hanukkah in your home-with story, celebration, food and song. This newly-designed, easy-to-use edition of a classic spiritual sourcebook offers updated information, more family ideas, and new resources for every aspect of your holiday celebration. Information on every aspect of Hanukkah is covered, including: The story of Hanukkah Celebrating-for families of every constellation Songs and prayers in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish (with clear transliterations Recipes for traditional and modern Hanukkah foods "December Dilemmas"-coping with other traditions' celebrations Firsthand explanations and ideas from real-life families around America Hands-on advice and practical suggestions invite families into Hanukkah's spirituality and joys, from the making of luscious latkes and Hanukkah crafts to the stories of the heroism and the miracle that are remembered every year with the lighting of the hanukkiyah. Center for Jewish Studies, City University of New York - Egon Mayer "Will shed its bright light for all eight days of Hanukkah, and then some-deals sensitively with the traditions of the holiday, as well as with the variety of ways in which modern Jews attempt to grapple with the complex emotions and celebrations of the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons."
PrefacevForewordviiUsing This TextxixPart IThe Art of Hanukkah11.What Is Hanukkah?32.The Ever-Evolving Story of Hanukkah213.The Hanukkah Ritual494.Handlakat Neirot: Candlelighting595.Haneirot Hallalu796.Maoz Tzur877.Al Hanissim958.The Hanukkah Gallery105The Meal107Games117Gifts123Decorations131Songs139Part IIThe December Dilemmas145The New Reality146Hilkhot Christmas149The True Story of Christmas162Who's Celebrating?165The Unique Challenges for Intermarried and Interfaith Families169Religious Holidays in the Public Domain173Confusion in the Marketplace175Pseudo-Christmas and Family Gatherings178Jews-by-Choice and Christmas179Kosher Turkey for Christmas Dinner?186Solving the December Dilemmas187Afterword193Selected Bibliography194About the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs203About Jewish Lights205
\ Egon Mayer"Will shed its bright light for all eight days of Hanukkah, and then some-deals sensitively with the traditions of the holiday, as well as with the variety of ways in which modern Jews attempt to grapple with the complex emotions and celebrations of the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons." \ —Center for Jewish Studies, City University of New York\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyThis comprehensive guide to Hanukkah, now in its second edition, will be appreciated by countless Jewish families seeking creative and memorable ways to celebrate the holiday. It opens with Wolfson's nostalgic foreword about Hanukkahs past, recounting how the experience of growing up Jewish in Omaha, Nebraska, helped him to articulate and understand his faith-and how he has sought, through the observance of Hanukkah, to pass on that identity to his children. What follows is a fine and resourceful manual about all aspects of the celebration, including recipes, crafts, gifts, games, prayers, decorations and songs. There are even corny Hanukkah jokes ("oil's well that ends well") and whole chapters on food: "If it is a real Jewish event, it involves food," Wolfson tells us. Especially helpful is a section offering parents suggestions to help their children understand the "December Dilemmas" of Hanukkah and Christmas. (Aug.)\ \ \ Children's LiteratureIn 2nd Edition, this popular all-purpose guide to Hanukkah is comprehensive, entertaining, jam-packed with innovative writing and ideas, and refreshing to read. Along with the requisite What is Hanukkah? and The Hanukkah Ritual, other chapters deal with music, recipes, games, gifts and decorations. A pronunciation guide is included as well as pictures of the correct sequence of lighting the candles on consecutive nights and both Hebrew and English words to a number of songs. One entire important section focuses on The December Dilemmas: the relationship Hanukkah, by virtue of its place on the calendar, bears to Christmas; how interfaith families and Jews by choice might handle the holidays; what is respect for another's celebration and what is abrogation of one's own. Black-and-white photographs throughout. 2001 (1996), Jewish Lights, \ — Judy Chernak\ \
