Hanukkah: Media

Judaism

Videos

History of ancient Jerusalem and its people
Learn about the history of Hanukkah.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
What is the history of Hanukkah?
And why does it last eight days and nights?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
A look into the Hanukkah celebration
Overview of Hanukkah.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

Hanukkah
Lighting the menorah in celebration of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
© Shmulitk—E+/Getty Images
Hanukkah lamp
A special menorah for Hanukkah with nine branches, silver with enamel inlays on copper...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Jewish Museum, New York City, gift of Frieda Schiff Warburg, S 563
Menorah
The lighting of a menorah for each of the eight days of Hanukkah.
© motimeiri—iStock/Getty Images Plus
Hanukkah lamp
An ornate Hanukkah lamp from Brody, Galicia (now in Ukraine), 1787; in the Jewish...
Graphic House/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hanukkah lamp
Hanukkah lamp, silver with enamel medallions, by Johann Adam Boller, early 18th century,...
Jewish Museum, New York City
Hanukkah lamp
Hanukkah lamp from Hermann Stadt, Hungary, 1775; in the Jewish Museum, New York City.
Graphic House/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hanukkah menorah
Hanukkah menorah, New York, 1919; in the Jewish Museum, New York City.
Graphic House/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.