A Different
Light:
The Hanukkah
Book of Celebration
A Different
Light:
The Big Book
of Hanukkah
A Children's Festival of Light
These pages are photographs from the pages of A Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration and A Different Light: The Big Book of Hanukkah. To see a large size version of any picture, click on it.
More art coming soon:
Miscellany | Children | Elephants at
War | Warrior Menorahs | More Menorahs
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Menorah
Shadows The menorah casts its own shadow, and that of the little boy who lit it, onto the wall of his home. (Kibbutz Tzora, December 1958, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
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Kindergarten
Celebration A kindergarten in an immigrant transit camp celebrates Hanukkah with a homemade menorah, made out of Israeli oranges, displayed under a picture of Israelšs first president Chaim Weizmann. A pile of simple gifts, donated to the immigrants, waits at their feet. (December 1959, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
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Child's Delight Two new immigrant children in their transit camps enjoy their new Hanukkah gifts. Above, a Yemenite boy rides his tricycle next to his tent (November 1950). Below, a little girl proudly holds her new doll (December 1953). The toys for new immigrants are collected annually in a drive organized by the Jerusalem Post. (Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
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From
Generation to Generation A Yemenite grandfather recites blessings on the second night of Hanukkah with his granddaughter in their new home in Israel. (November 1950, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
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First
Hanukkah in Israel A Bukharan mother and her daughter from southern Russia celebrate their first Hanukkah in Israel, using a menorah made from glasses with oil and wicks. (December 1949, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
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Light
A little kibbutznik stares up at the light created by his menorah. (Kibbutz Tzora, November 1959, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem) |
