Dec 1, 2024
SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-very-december-25th-hanukkah.html
TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/UWPCM0P5Hpt6NgXH36TIfIelswY?utm_source=copy_url
Happy Hanukkah! Christmas and Hanukkah overlap this year, with Hanukkah beginning on December 25, so it's a good time to think about the juxtaposition of these two holidays. Hanukkah is a minor holiday but its proximity to Christmas brings it extra attention. Let's talk about that!
GUESTS:
- Henry Herz, editor of The Festival of Lights: 16 Hanukkah Stories
- Joanne Levy, Festival contributor and co-author of Let It Glow
- Erica Perl, Festival contributor and author of The Ninth Night of Hanukkah
LEARN MORE:
- Henry Herz's website | buy or borrow The Festival of Lights
- Joanne Levy's website | buy or borrow Let It Glow
- Erica Perl's website, Instagram | buy or borrow The Ninth Night of Hanukkah
- Reading (and gifting) recommendations:
- Joanne suggests The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket, and Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind.
- Erica suggests Meet the Latkes, Latke's First Hanukkah, and P is for Pastrami by Alan Silberberg, The Greatest by Veera Hiranandani, and What Jewish Looks Like by Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard
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