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.
Your child deserves to hear stories by a Nobel Prize-winning author. This wonderful book was written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, who won the Nobel Prize for literature. Even if you don't celebrate Hanukkah, these beautifully written stories truly shed light on a beautiful belief and tradition.The Power of Light: Eight Stories for Hanukkah
is a holiday essential. The book Christmas Menorahs, also described on this site, is a memorable and thought-provoking holiday story for everyone.
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.
