Hanukkah, Schmanukkah! Book

This hardcover features three rabbis from Hanukkah past, present, and future that haunt old man Scroogemacher’s dreams in this parody of Dick­ens’ Christmas Car­ol. They frighten the miser­ly sweat­shop own­er who is so cru­el that he even keeps his workers late on the last night of Hanukkah, dis­miss­ing their complaints with scorn, Hanukkah, Shmanukkah! They point out that Hanukkah stands for free­dom, that he was once a pen­ni­less immigrant, that his work­ers have rights, and that gen­er­a­tions of Ameri­can Jews still remember and observe the ancient holiday. Packed into the sto­ry are cap­sule sum­maries of the journey to America, Jew­ish Amer­i­can labor his­to­ry, and a vision of a mul­ti­cul­tur­al world where children learn in peace and har­mo­ny and women can become rab­bis. The style is heavy in Yid­dishisms and Ying­lish syn­tax. Large, col­or illus­tra­tions por­tray char­ac­ter, set­ting, and action nice­ly. First Edition
2005
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN 078685179-19780786851799 Esme Raji Codell & Leuyen Pham