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Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season For more than 15 years, NPR has celebrated Hanukkah with original stories inspired by the Jewish festival of lights. Hosted by NPR's Susan Stamberg, and Murray Horwitz, each year Hanukkah Lights marks the age-old Jewish celebration with contemporary fiction.
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Hanukkah Lights: 2020

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Hanukkah Lights: 2020

Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read new stories from authors Erica Landis, Magin LaSov Gregg, Anna Megdell, Mikhal Weiner and Lara Pasternak Robicheaux for our annual Hanukkah Lights special.

Hanukkah Lights: 2020

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Hanukkah Lights 2019

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Hanukkah Lights 2019

Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read original stories about Hanukkah, from a celebration interrupted by a stranger to a group that brings the holiday to another planet.

Hanukkah Lights 2019

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Hanukkah Lights 2016

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Hanukkah Lights 2016

Hear holiday stories from authors Lia Pripstein, Elisa Albert, Ellen Orleans and R.L. Maizes.

Hanukkah Lights 2016

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Hanukkah Lights 2011
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Hanukkah Lights 2011

This annual holiday favorite enters its third decade with a new collection of specially commissioned works inspired by the Festival of Lights. Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read stories about a schoolboy's crisis of confidence, a young woman's unexpected tragedy, and a moment of light for exhausted Marines.

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Hanukkah Lights 2010
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Holidays 2010

Hanukkah Lights 2010

This annual holiday favorite marks its 20th anniversary with new fiction for the Festival of Lights. Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read four specially commissioned stories.

Hanukkah Lights 2010 full, one-hour special

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Hanukkah Lights 2009
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Hanukkah Lights 2009

With its 20th anniversary on the horizon, Hanukkah Lights again unveils brand new literature for the holiday season — stories of a single menorah that illuminates a liftetime's journey; a youthful discovery that brings new meaning to the original Hanukkah miracle; and a weary mother who finds fresh strength in a daughter's love — all read for you by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.

Hanukkah Lights 2009 full, one-hour special

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Hanukkah Lights 2008

An NPR holiday tradition for nearly two decades, Hanukkah Lights presents brand new fiction to celebrate and illuminate the holiday season — moving tales of discovery and reconciliation, the persistence of hope and the promise of undimmed light — read by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.

Hanukkah Lights 2008 full, one-hour special

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Hanukkah Lights 2007: Stories Of The Season

NPR's annual celebration of the Jewish festival of lights continues this year with a new crop of original fiction — characters from varied walks of life find comfort and meaning in the traditions of Hanukkah. Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz host.

Hanukkah Lights 2007 full, one-hour special

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Best Of Hanukkah Lights: Eight Stories, Eight Nights

For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah, we offer a hand-selected work of fiction from the long-running Hanukkah Lights series. Modern-day writers kindle our imaginations with stories inspired by the oil that miraculously burned for eight days and nights.

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Hanukkah Lights 2006

In this year's ironic, wistful take on the festival of lights, a 90-year-old grandmother confronts Hanukkah hip-hop, and an elderly couple exchanges ironic presents in Gifts of the Jewish Magi. A new, evocative story by Amy Bloom fills out the holiday celebration.

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Hanukkah Lights 2001

This year's Hanukkah stories describe children lighting the holiday candles for the first time after the Sept. 11 attacks, as well as a poignant memoir of a Spanish, Catholic household, and its unexpected gift to a young man exploring life in a world far from home.

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