This Hanukkah deepen anyone’s connection to Judaism with the gift of a Jewish book. We have hand-selected several titles, spanning preschool to adult, that will add meaning and fun to your Hanukkah celebration--at great prices.
To help celebrate and understand Hanukkah, this season we’re offering Celebrating Hanukkah for just $3.00 per copy, nearly 50% off! This is a simple and beautiful resource for those looking for a little guidance to make the most of their celebration. This four-page, durable folder (it's water- and oil-resistant!) tells the story of Hanukkah and describes popular customs and traditions, such as playing dreidel and eating latkes. Simple instructions help you set up light your Hanukkah candles. Blessings for lighting Hanukkah candles are presented in Hebrew, transliteration, and English. A computer icon indicates when online enrichment is available, such as sound recordings that can recite the holiday candle lighting blessings in Hebrew. $3.00 (use code DREIDEL when ordering online)
Ideas for Kids:
Your younger children are getting ready for their earliest experience with Hanukkah. You can introduce your preschoolers to the key vocabulary of Hanukkah with Look at Me: I Can Celebrate Hanukkah, an adorable 16 page activity and sticker book. Activities teach Hanukkah traditions while reinforcing developmental skills. Priced for this season at a budget-friendly $3.00 per copy (use code DREIDEL when ordering online).
Young children can also learn about Hanukkah with the help of the lovable Grover, using Shalom Sesame Classroom Magazines. Let the characters your kids know and love teach them about the Jewish holidays and other Jewish themes. Designed to match the newly-released Shalom Sesame DVDs, these magazines can be used on their own, or after watching the DVD. $6.95 (Be sure to check out your local PBS station to see when they will be airing Chanukah: The Missing Menorah.)
It's Hanukkah eve at the Smalls', but Dad is standing on a street corner, broke. A stranger offers him a unique present. Dad takes it home and the magic begins. Too Many Latkes!, a Hanukkah fable, is best read by the light of the menorah. And just like the traditional holiday dish, latkes, you can't get enough of it. $9.95.
Too Many Latkes is also available as a colorful animated ebook for your iPad! Hear the book read aloud, or record yourself reading! Play games based on the story. Click here for an interactive Hanukkah gift your kids will love.
It's Too Crowded in Here! is an adorable collection of eight illustrated Jewish folktales and midrashic stories (one for each night of Hanukkah!) that has just received the Sugarman Family Childrens’ Book Award. Fun to read aloud with children, the stories also provide a rich yet light-hearted resource for exploring key values such as self respect, compassion, appreciation, tolerance, and thankfulness. You can use the accompanying resource pages after each story to provide a brief background linking the story with its connection to Jewish tradition. Appropriate for any background or level of Jewish knowledge. $7.95
Ideas for Adults:
Do you have new or expectant parents on your gift list this year? Blessings and Baby Steps is a warm and tender look at parenting by Rabbi Ilana Grinblat that can help parents of all ages discover ways to find wonder among the joys and struggles of welcoming and raising young children. $14.95
Give the gift of two extraordinary Jewish classics this year for one extraordinary price. For decades Jews have been reading Milton Steinberg’s As a Driven Leaf to experience the struggle of living a faith-based life in a secular world. Now this long-loved novel is joined by Steinberg’s last work, The Prophet’s Wife, a novelized story of Hosea, Gomer and the struggles of marriage and faith they portray. $25 for the set.
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