Hanukkah top. Ori Resheff. Israel, late 20th century. Medium – silver, patinated copper, cast, punched. YU Museum. For more, visit the Center for Jewish History’s Flickr photostream.Click here to connect with the Center for Jewish History on Facebook.
Soldiers celebrating Hanukah outside in Korea. 1953. American Jewish Historical Society. For more, visit the Center for Jewish History’s Flickr photostream.Click here to connect with the Center for Jewish History on Facebook.
Hanukkah lamp standing on four legs, in shape of animal paws. Possibly Israel or Budapest, Hungary. Approximately 1920. Silver, brass, cast. YU Museum. For more, visit the Center for Jewish History’s Flickr photostream.Click here to connect with the Center for Jewish History on Facebook.
Fifth Day Hanukkah and the National Jewish Welfare Boardby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Above image: Chaplain Samuel W. Chomsky lights the traditional Hanukkah candles, December 19, 1954. Text on back of photograph: “Over 300 servicemen and veteran patients of all faiths were the guests of the Beverly Hills B’nai B’rith Men’s Lodge at a USO-Jewish Welfare…
Fourth Day Hanukkah Celebrations Outside of Americaby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Above image: 1948. Text on back of photograph: Chanukka party, Jewish Gemeinde, Munich. Child lights candles. Chaplain Dicker, Munich, Germany. Mrs. Lilyan Zerrent, American dependent [?] wife of Captain S. Zerrent, 1372 Franklin Ave., Bronx, NY in the background. National Jewish Welfare Board Records c/o…
Third Day Hanukkah and Young Judeaby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Above image: Lighting the Menorah at Young Judaea Event, circa 1940s-1950s. Hadassah Archives c/o American Jewish Historical Society. Efforts to organize youth did not always take the pluralistic stance that Aleph Zadik Aleph did. The above photo is from a Young Judaea Event. Young Judaea is…
Second Day Hanukkah Quizzesby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Above image: Children pull strings at Center to retell story of Hanukah, circa 1940. National Jewish Welfare Board Records. c/o American Jewish Historical Society As you can see from this c. 1940 photograph from the National Jewish Welfare Board Records, Hanukah quizzes were historically (and continue to be)…
First Day Hanukkah 1916Jewish soldiers at military Hanukkah celebrationWorld War I; Russiac/o the Leo Baeck Instituteat the Center for Jewish History
by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History Hanukkah Lamp. Galicia or Ukraine, ca. 1800. Silver: cast, filigree, engraved. The Max Stern Collection, Yeshiva University Museum. This lamp is of the Ba’al Shem Tov type, named after the founder of Hasidism, who, tradition tells us, owned a Hanukkah lamp of this type. This made it very popular in the…