More about the holidays.
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Hanukkah
 
 

 

 

 

Text Box: Websites Judaism 101 URL: http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm Learn all the basics of Chanukah – the story, the traditions, the music, even recipes for traditional foods such as latkes. Learn the candle lighting blessings [http://www.jewfaq.org/prayer/chanukah.htm], and play the Dreidel game online [http://www.jewfaq.org/dreidel/index.htm] Jewish Learning Community.com: The Personal Gateway to Jewish Exploration URL: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/index.htm Explore a number of articles relating to Hanukkah. Check the left hand navigation bar to read any one of 39 articles. One is Overview: Hanukkah history [http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Hanukkah/TO_Hanukkah_History.htm]. One is The Lesson of Hanukkah: Living with Imperfection by Rabbi Irving Greenberg .[http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Hanukkah/TO_Hanukkah_Themes/Waskow_Defining1/Greenberg_Lesson.htm] Hanukah FAQs: Some Hanukah Basics URL: http://www.clickonjudaism.org/pages/holidays04.html From basic questions such as is it Chanukah or Hanukkah? to Blessings and How tos to Customs and Recipes. Also a good list of books.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kwanzaa
 
Text Box: Websites Celebrating Kwanzaa: A Reflective Feast URL: http://www.umkc.edu/imc/kwanzaa.htm Kwanzaa Ritual symbols, music to familiar tunes, and food dishes. Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture URL: http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.html The official Kwanzaa website: messages from the founder, Dr. Maulana Karenga, date from 1994. Explanations of the celebrations, gifts, roots of the holiday, the Seven symbols, and principles. In essence, anything you would want to know. Kwanzaa Land: Kwanzaa Glossary URL: http://www.kwanzaaland.com/glossary.html A simple to use A – Z listing of words and terms associated with the holiday.