Hanukkah
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This Hanukkah, inspire your students to join a fresh, cutting-edge conversation about tzedakah in an increasingly interconnected world. Babaganewz is working in collaboration with American Jewish World Service to bring you an exciting new educational initiative called “
Top Ten Hanukkah Pet Peeves
The top ten most annoying things about Hanukkah. 10. There’s one name for the holiday in Hebrew, but eight ways to spell it in English.9. Your non-Jewish friends constantly whine about you getting gifts for eight days.
Folded Paper-Cut Creations
Learn to cut simple but amazing decorations from folded paper! Traditional paper-cut artists, like Naomi Spiers, use knives. Commercial paper-cuts are created with lasers.
The Hanukkah Prediction
Amaze your audience with this Hanukkah magic trick! The Effect: Show the audience three cards—each with a different Hanukkah symbol on it. Have an audience member select a card.
Creative Hanukkah Celebrations at Home
Looking for a creative way to celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah? Here's one family's solution. By Lisa Popik Coll
Al Hanissim and the Hanukkah Miracles
Students will study the Al Hanissim prayer as an entry into discussion about prayers of gratitude, the miracles of Hanukkah, and miracles in their own lives. Download the lesson plan and source sheet from the blue box to the right.
Ben Rappaport: Straight from the Source
Ben Rappaport, star of the NBC sitcom Outsourced, discusses about miracles, thankfulness, Hanukkah, his leap to stardom. By Gerri Miller (Photo credit: Harper Smith NBC) In the new NBC sitcom Outsourced, Todd Dempsy is sent to India to manage a call center for an American company selling novelties like cheese hats an
Kindling Flames of Courage: A Hanukkah Ceremony for the Family
A creative ceremony for Hanukkah. This creative ceremony begins with lighting the hanukkiyah and saying the appropriate blessings, but it doesn't end there.
Hanukkah Blessings
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Our celebration of Hanukkah commemorates the miracles God performed for us in the days of the Maccabees as well as the miracles we still experience today.
Hanukkah games
