TrainingBriefs® Embracing Other Cultures (Hanukkah)

Understanding and embracing other cultures is a key part of creating an inclusive workplace free of bias and stereotypes. This course provides an overview of the Jewish holiday – Hanukkah. Also known as the Festival of Lights, it's an international holiday that is celebrated for eight days and nights, typically falling in late November or December.

Hanukkah or Chanukah, meaning “dedication” in Hebrew, commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C., when the Israelites drove their oppressors out of the city, cleansed the temple, rebuilt its altar, and lit the temple menorah – the ancient holy candelabrum with its seven golden branches symbolizing the creation in seven days, meant to be kept burning every night.