Monday, November 27, 2006

Christmas menorahs

The perfect holiday book! This is a fictionalized account of actual events in Billings, Montana, in 1993. Someone threw a brick through a window displaying a menorah, and other vandalism directed at racial and religious groups took place. People in Billings who were not Jewish began displaying menorahs in the windows of their homes, and the local newspaper printed pictures of menorahs which were displayed as well. Eventually thousands of homes and businesses displayed the menorahs. Later, a photographer posed hundreds of Billings citizens holding menorahs. It can be viewed at this Library of Congress site; just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the photo to enlarge it.
The book is available from Amazon. It's appropriate for older elementary children.

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