The Feast of Lights


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 18, 2011.

Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the 2nd century BCE.
This poem celebrating Hanukkah was written by Emma Lazarus, a Jewish American poet. Emma Lazarus also wrote 'The New Colossus,' a sonnet which is inscribed on a plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. (0 hr 28 min)

Chapters

The Feast of Lights - Read by CC 2:58 Read by Chris Caron
The Feast of Lights - Read by CH 2:54 Read by Carmen H
The Feast of Lights - Read by DL 3:05 Read by David Lawrence
The Feast of Lights - Read by GC 2:55 Read by Snapdragon
The Feast of Lights - Read by GHS 3:09 Read by Algy Pug
The Feast of Lights - Read by LKP 2:56 Read by Lucy Perry
The Feast of Lights - Read by REF 3:32 Read by Rhonda Federman
The Feast of Lights - Read by RN 3:37 Read by ravenotation
The Feast of Lights - Read by TG 2:55 Read by TriciaG