Hanukkah (spelled Chanukah in Yiddish) is the Jewish Festival of Light. It begins at sundown December 16, 2014. This eight-day feast fluctuates on the western Gregorian calendar. It always lands between late November to early December on the Gregorian calendar. On the Hebrew lunar calendar it's always the 25th of Kislev.Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. The two holidays share nothing except calendar proximity on the calendar. Hanukkah celebrates the Miracle of the Maccabees, when the temple lights did not burn out for eight days. The festival involves lighting the menorah, feasting, dreidel games and other activities.
Here are websites with free printable Jewish lesson plans, Chanukah activities and Hebrew historical info. They'll help Jewish kids express their faith and non-Jews learn more about Judaism.
Free printable Chanukah crafts and Jewish activities
