Thanksgiving
Although Thanksgiving is not a Jewish holiday, it expresses the Jewish values of giving and family. Some say there is a distinct Jewish origin to the holiday because when the first European settlers arrived here after surviving both the Atlantic crossing and a tough winter, they looked to the bible and found the harvest festival of Sukkot. They created Thanksgiving for God’s generosity and protection. Many Jewish institutions have adopted the holiday as a means of teaching these values to their children and to their communities. Below are photos from our archives of events that exemplify these values.
Passaic Hillel students renacting the first Thanksgiving. Please help us with the I.D.'s.
Unidentified children celebrating Thanksgiving in school. Please identify these little Indians.
Thanksgiving being celebrated at the Daughters of Miriam, Clifton, N.J.
Wayne B’nai Brith Women’s Thanksgiving food drive baskets being prepared for drop off. I.D.'s?
Washington Township Nursery School Thanksgiving celebration. Help us I.D. these young colonists.
Washington Township Nursery School Thanksgiving celebration. Please help with I.D.'s.