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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
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The children's book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins was written by Eric Kimmel and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Featuring the legendary Jewish hero Hershel of Ostropol pitted against goblins…

Contributor:

Eric A. Kimmel, Trina Schart Hyman

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Date:

1989

Subjects:

Holidays, Hanukkah, Humor, Adolescence

Categories:

Children & Young Adult Literature, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Folklore
Drawing of window with page of English text over it, about man waiting in synagogue with menorah and candles until monstrous figure arrives.
The Runaway Latkes
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Illustrations from Leslie Kimmelman’s children’s book, The Runaway Latkes, illustrated by Paul Yalowitz. This Hanukkah story describes latkes that come to life and escape their oily fate. 

Contributor:

Leslie Kimmelman, Paul Yalowitz

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Date:

2000

Subjects:

Food and drink, Holidays, Hanukkah, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Fiction
Drawing of people on a hill waving their arms as two round objects roll away smiling and English text along the bottom about latkes rolling toward the river.
Hanukkah Lamp
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This brass Hanukkah lamp is thought to have been used in the First Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located on present-day South William…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Ritual object, Hanukkah, Ritual & observance, Holidays, Synagogue

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Oil lamp with row of eight cups on the bottom and scallop-shaped decorations.