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BCRNETWORK NEWS
Bibliographical Centerior·Research • V.oluine XXII, No· 12, De.cember·1996 • ISSN: 0363·0250
World Wide Web Trekkers Treated
to Festive Holiday Cybersites
'By Sharon HofJhines
The.halls of local libraries, schools and shoppihg malls
are .not the only places decked out to observe the cur·.
· rent holiday season. Navigators on the World Wide
Web will find numerous sites desighed to teacn us, en·
tertain us and help us enjoy our December holidays -
Christmas {D'-ceinber 25), Jewish Hanukkah {Decem.·
ber 17.25) and the African·American Kwanzaa {Decem:
ber 26·January 1) ..
MELANET's K wanzaaInformation Center
(http://melanet.com/kwanzaa) provides detailed in·
for~ation about this Africa"American holiday's his·
tory, purpose, principles and symbols pl~s a schedule
of the seven days of celeb~ation. The Flint Public Li·
'. brary.WebStation's "Kwanzaa: An-African A?1erican
Celebration" (http://www.flint.lib.mi.uslfpl/
· resourcesiholidays/kwanzaa.html) lists K wanzaa're·
lated books, video ~nd audio tapes for both adults and
children. "Christmas Traditions Aroun:d .the Wo~ld"
(http://www.christmas.com) provides information
about both the Kwanzaa and.Hanukkahholidays,
along ~ith the many ways Christmas is celebrated
· throughout the world.
Check out ORTnet's Hanukkah site (http://
www.ort.org/ort/hanukkah/titIe.htill) for a knowl·
· edgeable account of this Jewish festival of lights. Be·
sides the history of Hanukkah, view Hanukkah
digitized art and find a section devoted to Hanukkah·
songs with ,sheet music and ~r~nsliter~ti6n of the- He~
brew text and audio files that can be downloaded. For
a less traditional perspective on. Hanukkah try thejew.
ish Communication· NetwOrk site (htti>:/ /jcn18.com/ .
holiday/hanukkah/index.htm). Spin a virtual
dreidel, visit the International House of Latkes for
JCN recipes, and read Rabbi Michael Strassfeld's com·
mentaries for some- J?en~~ reflection on this holiday
and..its' meaning~ For a-more concise view, try the
. "Yom TovChanukah Home Page" (http:// .
www.torah.orgl'learning/yomtov/chanukah!).
"Uncle Bob'sChristmas Page"
(http://miso.wwa.com/-bobal christmas:html),
an award·winner in past holiday·seasons, is probably
the biggest and best known Christmas web site. Its.
myriad links could keep you web trekking for days.
Find excerpts from holiday sto~ies and poems fr~m
Dr. Seuss to Charles Dickens, along with links to
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