About the month of Kislev: Important facts and figures HANUKKAH basics Thoughts and Viewpoints Seven times Hanukkah: Commemoration of seven important events in Jewish history Winter solstice: Chasing the darkness: Thoughts on the shortest day of the year, Arthur Waskow Origins of the festival of Hanukkah: The miracle and the revolt: changing attitudes, Arthur Waskow Isaiah the prophet meets Socrates the philosopher: The Hebraic and the Hellenic view of life, A.L. Sachar From Athens to Jerusalem: From balanced personality to passionate risk-taker, Mordechai Gafni   In Arts and Literature The Seven-Branched Menorah: An Evolving Jewish symbol Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages): History and two traditional melodies    (*audio recordings*) The unfamiliar psalms of Mattathias and Judah: Passionate poetry from the First Book of Maccabees Intro. by David Rosenberg "Lo, the conquering hero cometh" - from Handel's Judas Maccabeus: The story and a historic choral performance    (*audio recording*) Miracles for a broken planet: Recalling a childhood Hanukkah on the eve of the Holocaust, Chaim Potok Early 20th century menorah designs, Bezalel Institute of Art Hanukkah lamps, 18th-20th centuries Light, Language and Prayer Hanukkah acrostics : Literary ways to chronicle a victory, Sidney Hoenig The world is like a dreidel or: How the rabbis Judaized the spinning top , Sidney B. Hoenig Proverbs and parables about lights and lamps Eight Meditations: Rededicating our inner sanctum, Chaya Kaplan-Gafni A Hebrew Lesson: The rootword H-N-KH , Dr. Joseph Lowin The Jewish calendar: How it is calculated and when it was established The Jewish calendar: Solar/lunar structure The zodiac in Jewish tradition