In our own nuclear family, we’d give our children one serious gift on the first night of Hanukkah and ... And then an idea came to me. A poem. I wrote a two-page poem in Hebrew, printed it ...

This Hanukkah collection — which includes stories, poetry and a comic — is geared toward older children and independent readers. In Herz’s humorous entry, “Der Verzauberte Löffel ...

The connection may have roots in poetry. In 1864 ... Yiddish for “Hanukkah money,” that serve as Hanukkah gifts for kids. In the story of Hanukkah, the candelabra was lit with olive oil ...

But just as he’s double checking Santa’s list in preparation for Christmas, he notices that some children who celebrate Hanukkah are missing from the list. When he investigates further, he discovers ...

Children can learn about the symbolic themes of the holiday through being included in the lighting of candles and all sorts of activities. With the Jewish festival of Hanukkah coming up in ...