Op-Comic: Hanukkah and the lasting power of memory

Comic illustration of a man with a beard standing on the center post of a menorah. Six multicolored candles have been lit.

By Liana Finck

Dec. 17, 2022 3:05 AM PT

comic illustration of a man with a beard holding a shovel near a tree.

comic illustration of a barn with a house in the background. In the foreground a dog is on a road.

comic illustration of a candle dipping machine with rainbow colors

Comic illustration of a man with a beard pulling a lever drawn in a dotted line. colored bits of wax are at his feet.

Comic illustration of a bag of multicolored "big dipper candles" in green, purple, pink and yellow.

comic illustration of a box of sushi

comic illustration of a menorah with 9 multicolored candles, all of them lit.

Comic illustration of a hill in the distance with two small animals on the hill.

comic illustration of two dogs playing in the grass. One of them yellow, and one is white with black spots.

Liana Finck is a cartoonist for the New Yorker and the author of several books, most recently “Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation.”

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