Hanukkah Parodies: Short Plays for the Festival of Lights

Hanukkah Parodies: Short Plays for the Festival of Lights are pitch-perfect riffs on many familiar icons of our modern culture. In the tradition of Passover Parodies, Rabbi Hantman's reinventions help parents and teachers pass on the festival's history, importance and message in a new way. Whether you love the Beatles, Charles Dickens, Star Trek, bluegrass music, or Winnie-the-Pooh, Hanukkah Parodies enlivens ritual, and fans the creative Jewish flame. Enjoying this clever collection of parodies together will illuminate any Hanukkah gathering, large or small.

Author: Shoshana Hantman
Publisher: Sidney Books
Published: 11/08/2018
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780991351213

About the Author
Rabbi Shoshana Hantman grew up in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, and was educated at Gratz College and the University of Pennsylvania. She received ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and a master's degree in edu-cation from Temple University. Shoshana has served as both a congregational rabbi and a synagogue education director; in 1992, she founded the independent Halutsim Hebrew School, where the students read plays in class nearly every week. Shoshana lives in northern Westchester County, New York, with her husband Richard Weill and their two children. Her first book, Passover Parodies: Short Plays for the Seder Table, was awarded a Gold Medal at the 2014 Independent Publishers Book Awards. Her second book, Choose Your Path: Adventures in American Jewish History, was a 2018 Independent Publishers Book Awards Silver Medal Winner.

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