1. What´s going on in this picture?

2. A tribe of people in Burma value the length of a woman’s neck as a sign of
beauty. Kayan women, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma, wrap brass
coils around their necks at a young age, adding rings as they get older. The
weight of the coils presses down the collarbone and ribcage, compressing them
and making the neck appear elongated. The women wear these rings
continuously, only removing them to add new coils, which is a time-consuming
process.

3. History of Hanukka
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VfChLAA
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4. Hanukka- The Festival of Lights
• The holiday celebrates a miracle that supposedly took place
after the Maccabees liberated the Temple in Jerusalem.
• The menorah, which was meant to burn every night,
needed to be lit.
• The Maccabees only found a small drop of oil, enough to
burn for one day.
• Instead the oil lasted for eight nights – enough time for a
fresh batch of oil to be resupplied.

5. Hanukka- The Festival of Lights
• So, every night, for
eight nights, Jews
light a branch of a
menorah from left to
right.
• The middle and
tallest branch of the
menorah houses the
shamash (attendant
candle) that is used
to light the other
candles.

6. Hanukka- The Festival of Lights
• On Hanukkah, children play with dreidels - square
spinning tops.
• Each side is marked with one of the four Hebrew
letters, Nun, Gimel, Hei and Shin, which stands for Nes
Gadol Hayah Sham: "a great miracle happened there".
• The dreidel gambling game stems from the GreekSyrian rule when Jews who wanted to study the Torah
were prevented from doing so.
• Whenever a soldier walked by they would play with
dreidels to cover their learning.

7. Hanukka- The Festival of Lights
• Hanukkah begins four days before the new
moon, which is the darkest night of the
month.
• The month is close to the winter solstice,
which is the longest and darkest month of the
year.
• Like many other faiths, the Jewish holiday of
Hanukkah brings light in the darkest time of
the year.

8. What is Judaism?
• Religion that follows the laws of the “Old
Testiment” (Torah)
• Do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God
• Attend services in a synagoge
• Services are led by a rabbi

9. Israel
• Israel is thought to be the original home of the
Jewish people
• They were kicked out of Israel in Roman times
and the Jews were dispersed all over the
world

10. King David´s Empire

11. Diaspora

12. Antisemitism
• Small communities with unique beliefs
• Moneylenders

13. Kipah

14. Mezuzah

15. Hallah

16. Where do Jews live now?
• All over the world
• Israel has been reestablished as the
Jewish nation

17. Famous Jews