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Instilling Chanukah In The Home
Since Chanukah is essentially a holiday celebrated at home, it's important that parents understand the holiday's
history and meaning. Adult books- offer added background and understanding: Resource kits give families sug-
gestions for home observance and ritual how-tos, including guided activities, storybooks and music tapes. And
children never tire of hearing Chanukah stories. Use the following list of Chanukah storybooks — both old fa-
vorites and new titles — to round out your children's Chanukah gifts.
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•"Guide to Jewish Religious
Practice", Isaac Klein, Jewish
Theological Seminary.
A detailed, scholarly expla-
nation of Jewish ritual, holidays
and customs, based on tradi-
tional Conservative outlook.
Gives a many-layered histori-
cal approach to Chanukah.
•"How To Run A Tradition-
al Jewish Household", Blu
Greenberg, Simon & Schuster.
This practical guide to home
observance offers the meaning
and history of the rituals, hol-
iday menus • and brachot.
Greenberg's Chanukah chap-
ter includes a fascinating dis-
cussion of the holiday's many
historical levels and a detailed
description of how candle-light-
ing should proceed.
• "The Jewish Catalog",
Richard Siegel and Michael and
Sharon Strassfeld, Jewish Pub-
lication Society.
Siegel and Strassfeld's three
Jewish Catalogs offer adults a
hands-on journey through Jew-
ish life and observance. This
first volume offers a short dis-
cussion of the history and cus-
toms of each holiday. How to
construct a menorah and the
rules for playing dreidel are in
the Chanukah section.
• "The Jewish Holidays",
Michael Strassfeld, Harper
Collins.
If Blu Greenberg reads like
advice from a sweet Jewish
mother, Michael Strassfeld is
your hip older brother who just
happened to go to rabbinical
school. Strassfeld's book offers
adult Jews who are suffering
from Hebrew school amnesia
an interesting, intelligent and
easy-to-read refresher course
on the history, meaning and rit-
ual of each holiday.
• "The Jewish Home Advi-
sor", Alfred J. Kolatch,
Jonathan David Publisher.
The novice is given practical
information and guidance re-
lating to all aspects of Jewish
life and life cycle events, in-
cluding how to light the meno-
rah and celebrate Shabbat.
•"Jewish Literacy: The Most
Important Things To Know
About The Jewish Religion, Its
People and History", Joseph
Telushkin, Morrow.
If you're looking for a bed-
time book of Jewish history, cul-
ture, ethics, beliefs, rituals and
great personalities, try
Telushkin. He condenses Jew-
ish scholarship into short, read-
able chapters (346 chapters in
all).
• "When A Jew Celebrates",
Harry Gersh, Behrman House.
This book comes with a
teacher's guide, hands-on ac-
tivities and concept discussion
questions suitable for older chil-
dren. Families of preteens and
teens could use it for guided dis-
cussions each night of
Chanukah.
Resource Kits
• "Building Jewish Life —
Hanukkah Activity Books",
Tora Aura Productions, 1-800-
BE-TORAH.
Combining easy-to-read
lessons with study questions
and activities, these activity
books, suitable for school or
home study, come in several
levels — grades K-2, 3-4, 4-6
and 6-adult.
• "Haneirot Halalu — These
Lights Are Holy: A Home Cel-
ebration of Chanukah", Elyse
Frishman, CCAR Press, 212-
684-4990.
Easy-to-follow suggestions
for family dinner table discus-
sions, as well as crafts, recipes
and instructions for playing
dreidel and candle lighting.
• "Home Start", Behrman
House, 1-800-211-2765.
This is the definitive home
holiday resource. Pull out your
kits for each holiday and find
hands-on activities, recipes, sto-
ries, song cassettes and holiday
background information for
parents. There are different
Levels, for pre-K to Kinder-
garten and grades 1 to 2.
New Titles
For Children
•"A Great Miracle Happened
There", Karla Kuskin, Harper.
A thoughtful, lyrical retelling
of the Chanukah story with em-
phasis on a modern interpre-
tation of historical events.
Beautiful drawings. Ages 5 and
up.
• "The Gift", Allana Brock-
mann, Simon & Schuster.
Ellyce Field
With gelt in her pocket, a
small girl goes shopping and de-
cides it's better to give than to
get. Beautiful, realistic paint-
ings. Ages 5 and up.
•"Hanukkah Carousel", Yel-
low Brick Press.
Sturdy cardboard pages tell
the Chanukah story in bright
colors and interlock to form a
three-dimensional mobile.
Preschool.
• "Hanukkah
Oh
Hanukkah", Wendy Wax, Ban-
tam.
Collection of songs, poems
and stories. All ages.
• "My Hanukkah Book of
Numbers; My Hanukkah Al-
phabet", Golden board books.
Two sturdy, colorful board
books for preschoolers.
•"Hanukah Money", Sholem
Aleichem, Mulberry Books.
A spirited retelling of an old
world Chanukah story. All
ages.
• "Sammy Spider's First
Hanukkah", Sylvia Rouss, Kar-
Ben.
This sweet story introduces
us to Sammy Spider who wants
to spin a dreidel, not a web.
Ages 3 to 6.
•"Uh! Oh! Hanukkah; Uh!
Oh! Jewish Holidays", Yellow
Brick Road Press.
These two activity books fea-
ture hidden objects in a
"Where's Waldo" format. Ages
8 to 10.
Old Favorites
For Children
• "All About Hanukkah",
Judye Groner and Madeline
Kar-Ben.
Full-color illustrations, can-
dle blessings, games, recipes
and songs complete the
retelling of the Chanukah sto-
ry. All ages.
• "The Animated Menorah",
Ephraim Sidon, Scopus Films.
Eight stories (one for each
night) based on the animated
Holydays film series. Children
will love the photographs of the
clay figures used in the ani-
mated films. Ages 5 to 10.
• "Beni's First Chanukah",
Jane Zalben, Holt.
Cuddle up with this warm,
charming book about Beni the
bear, his family and animal
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