Hanuka Around the World

Students in our Edot class completed their Hanuka unit of study last week by learning about different Hanuka customs and traditions around the globe. They shared some of what they learned in the form of posters depicting the customs in 9 different countries or regions:  Mexico, Germany, Poland/Russia, Tunisia, Kurdistan (northern Iraq), Yemen, Germany, Alsace region of France, and Morocco. These posters were then hung on a bulletin board outside our classroom, made to look like the 8 candles plus the Shamash (servant candle) of a hanukiya (Hanuka menorah). The finished products were wonderful, and, even more importantly,  the process of learning and creating the posters was enlightening (excuse the Hanuka pun!) and fun.