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On Hanukkah, kindle a small pillar of fire

On Hanukkah, kindle a small pillar of fire

FromIsrael in Translation


On Hanukkah, kindle a small pillar of fire

FromIsrael in Translation

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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last night in Israel we celebrated the first night of Hanukkah: The festival of lights, or the festival of the dedication of the temple.
From dreidels to doughnuts, host Marcela Sulak takes us through the holiday's customs and traditions, and then lets historian Titus Flavius Josephus, born Yosef ben Matityahu, tell the story in his own words.
In Hanukkah's spirit of 'light,' Marcela reads a poem by Admiel Kosman, 'A Small Pillar of Fire,' translated specifically for this podcast by Lisa Katz.
 
Texts:
Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus. Loeb Classical Library (Harvard Press).
“Pillar of Fire” by Admiel Kosman, translated by Lisa Katz. From הגענו לאלוהים, Kibbutz Hameuchad, 1998.
 
Traditional Hanukkah songs used in the show:
Sevivon, Sov, Sov, SovKad KatanHaNerot HalaluBanu Khoshech Legaresh
Released:
Dec 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.