Each year, “Hanukkah Lights” attracts some of the finest contemporary writers, including bestselling authors such as Harlan Ellison and Anne Roiphe. Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season gathers together twelve of the program’s best stories to create a rich, contemporary look at the holiday.

With a mix of modern folklore, personal memoir, and contemporary takes on the holiday, Hanukkah Lights explores the many facets of Jewish storytelling. Beautiful, original illustrations by Sandra Dionisi bring each story to life and make Hanukkah Lights a perfect holiday gift.

The included bonus Hanukkah Lights CD features the original NPR broadcast recordings of Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz reading four additional stories, allowing readers to enjoy these tales in their car, kitchen, or living room.

Hanukkah Lights includes stories by:

• Max Apple


• Peter S. Beagle


• Harlan Ellison


• Myra Goldberg


• Rebecca Goldstein


• Mark Helprin


• Gloria Devidas Kirchheimer


• Daniel Pinkwater


• Anne Roiphe


• Dani Shapiro


• Elie Wiesel


• Simone Zelitch

CD TRACK LISTING:

1. The Two Menorahs  Daniel Mark Epstein


2. A Candle for Kerala  Ariel Dorfman


3. A Hanukkah Story  Kinky Friedman


4. Hanukkah at Tiffany's  Lesléa Newman