The Hanukkah Anthology (The JPS Holiday Anthologies)

Back by popular demand the classic JPS holiday anthologies remain essential and relevant in our digital age. Unequaled in-depth compilations of classic and contemporary writings they have long guided rabbis cantors educators and other readers seeking the origins meanings and varied celebrations of the Jewish festivals. . The Hanukkah Anthology delves into the stories and messages of Hanukkah as they have unfolded in Jewish literature over the past two thousand years: biblical intimations of the festival postbiblical writings selections from the Talmud and midrashim excerpts from medieval books home liturgies laws and customs observances in different nations stories and poems art and recipes. This timeless volume features many works by prominent authors including Herman Wouk Judah L. Magnes Chaim Potok Heinrich Heine Emma Lazarus Howard Fast Sholom Aleichem Curt Leviant I. L. Peretz and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.