Title:
How to spell Chanukah : 18 writers celebrate 8 nights of lights / edited by Emily Franklin.
Author:
Franklin, Emily.
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Call Number:
BM695 .H3 2012
ISBN:
9781565129344
Physical Description:
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
General Note:
Ring in the holiday with eighteen writers who extol, excoriate, and expand our understanding of this most merry of Jewish festivals as they offer up funny, irreverent, and, yes, even nostalgic takes on a holiday that holds a special place in Jewish hearts ... and stomachs.
Contents:
Introduction: Hanu Channuk Chanukah / Emily Franklin -- Blue Team / Joshua Braff -- Creature Comfies / Joshua Neuman -- Week at a glance / Elisa Albert -- Chanukah your hearts out! / Steve Almond -- Guinea pig / Jennifer Gilmore -- Only Dreidel in Idaho / Jill Kargman -- Rock of ages / Jonathan Tropper -- Traditions break / Eric Orner -- Oak Street, 1981 / Peter Orner -- Dolls of the world / Joanna Smith Rakoff -- Chanukah Glutton / Tova Mirvis -- My peaceful and glorious brothers / Edward Schwarzschild -- Oh, Lord -- Oh, Lourdes -- Alors! / Mameve Medwed -- My Father's Menorah / Adam Langer -- An Israeli Chanukah / Amy Klein -- Presents! / Ben Schrank -- Light, the sword, and the Nintendo DS / Karen E. Bender and Robert Anthony Siegel -- Eight Nights / Laura Dave -- About the editor -- About the contributors.
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