Eight soldiers gather with their Jewish chaplain to put finishing touches on giant menorah, circa 1950. American Jewish Historical Society.
Text on back of photograph: “Eight soldiers gather with their Jewish chaplain to put finishing touches on giant menorah for Hanukah celebration at Ft. Eustis, VA. Other Jewish GIs, in other lands celebrate holiday as part of JWB’s year-round, world-wide program of religious and…
Hanukkah Lamp. Eliahu Sidi. Israel. 1986. Medium – base: metal, painted; upper deck: plywood, tin, paint. YU Museum Collections.
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Postcard. Soldiers celebrating Hanukah at Little White House, Camp Gordon, GA, circa 1917. American Jewish Historical Society.
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Image of the day: Hanukah greeting card. Issued by the Jewish Welfare Board. Paper, printed. 1945. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum.
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