| A | B |
| shamash | the candle in a menorah used to light other candles |
| dreidel | a four-sided top used in a Hanukkah game |
| vow | to promise |
| Sukkoth | the Jewish harvest festival |
| Holocaust | the systematic killing of Jews by Nazi Germans in WWII |
| menorah | a special candleholder that holds eight candles plus one |
| rabbi | a teacher and spiritual leader in the Jewish religion |
| oral history | history passed from one generation to the next |
| Hebrews | the ancestors of modern Jews |
| religious | believing in and practicing a particular religion |
| Judiasm | the religion of the Jewish people |
| synagague | a Jewish place of worship |