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Tag: chanukah
mood boards→ Hanukkah
As long as Hanukkah is studied and remembered, Jews will not surrender to the night. The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle
Where the Warsaw Ghetto once stood, Hanukkah candles light the night
Am Yisrael Chai
I don’t know about you, but this made me cry *and* gave me hope.
Tsarasambo Holiday Party: Snowflakes, Christmas Carols, Hanukkah songs, latkes, plum jam, dreidel, books, and a lot of spirit!
In Tsarasambo, Madagascar, most of my neighbors celebrate Christmas but have never heard of Hanukkah. I taught American traditions for the two holidays separately, but as the kids colored pictures to decorate the walls, they kept mixing it all up! There were many photos of Santa holding a menorah in front of a tree with dreidels underneath. At first I felt like I might be misleading the kids, but then I realized that America is multicultural. The holidays are a time for people to come together and share traditions from all over. Why shouldn’t Santa play dreidel?!
Since Malagasy people fry all types of bread, it was really easy to make something similar to Latkes. There are never plums in our market, but that day there were! In lieu of apple sauce I asked the kids if they wanted to make pineapple or plum jam. They all yelled “paiso!” Plum. Oh man. Plum jam with latkes is my discovery of the year. Yummm.
I love sharing my culture with the youth group I work with. These children are so excited to learn! When I teach new art projects or recipes, I just teach one of the older kids and then they lead the activities for the younger kids. I am so proud of the young leaders in Tsarasambo.
It doesn’t really feel like the holiday season because I live on a tropical island and it’s summer so it’s super hot, but little reminders are there. There are a bunch of churches in the village and I can hear them singing Christmas carols translated in Malagasy every night to prepare for their “Spectakle Krismasy” (Christmas Pageants).
Since I am not religious, to me, the holiday season represents a time for people to be together and share culture and love. I am so grateful for my Malagasy family!
Happy Holiday Season to everyone no matter how hot or cold the weather is!
Here’s a Happy Hanukkah (Chanukah-it starts late this year) Shiny Rowlett I paint-sketched! I hope he’s ok. Other holidays need love too ❤ your blog is great btw! Keep up the good work!
Speak with Tenderness 