Two Citizenship Questions for Hanukkah
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Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. Emma Lazarus was a Jewish-American poet and activist who used the image of America as a light to the nations when she wrote "The New Colossus." This poem, which is engraved inside of the Statue of Liberty, talks about the millions of immigrants who came to the United States many of whom came through Ellis Island at the port of New York. The final lines say: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Manfred Anson, a survivor of the Holocaust, designed this Hanukkah lamp for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Anson used a souvenir figurines to cast the statuettes for the lamp, and the Statue of Liberty torch was transformed into a candle holder. The lamp is surmounted by an American eagle, and the base of each statuette is inscribed with significant dates in Jewish history. This Statue of Liberty Menorah is currently displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington DC. USCIS 100:95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?* USCIS 100:10. What is freedom of religion? More Citizenship Resources for the Winter Holidays http://bit.ly/cit-holidays-18 Learn more at: A closer look at our Statue of Liberty Hanukkah lamp http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/11/a-closer-look-at-our-statue-of-liberty-hanukkah-lamp-now-on-view.html Emma Lazarus: Poet Of Exiles https://mjhnyc.org/exhibitions/emma-lazarus-poet-exiles/ Statue of Liberty National Monument https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm She Wrote a Nation’s Welcome https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/arts/design/emma-lazarus-at-museum-of-jewish-heritage-review.html This One-of-a-Kind Menorah Represents the True Spirit of Thanksgivukkah: A Hanukkah tradition melds with an icon of Americana https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-one-of-a-kind-menorah-represents-the-true-spirit-of-thanksgivukkah-180947855/ U.S. Postal Service and Israel Post Jointly Issue Hanukkah Stamps http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2018/pr18_088.htm
