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LACCO & U of M
® College registration Tuesday
The University of Maryland and
Los Angeles Community College Over-
seas will begin registering stud-
ents for Term III classes on
Tuesday, Jan. 2, at the Navy Campus
Office in BOQ 638. Classes for
Term III will begin on Jan. 15, and
end Mar. 8. Registration ends on
Jan. 12.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Highlighting the University of
Maryland's curriculum; a Maryland
resident lecturer from Heidelberg
will be visiting the NATO base to
teach two classes in anthropology.
These classes include ANTH 221 Man
and Environment, which is a
geographical introduction to eth-
nology which emphasizes the relation-
ships between cultural and natural
environment, and UCSP 398 is a
special topics course titled The
Image of Woman: A. Socio-cultural
Approach.
Other Classes offered by the
University of Maryland include:
ENGL*212 English Literature, ECON
203 English Literature, and BMGT
385 Production Management.
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OVERSEAS
Courses being offered by the Los
Angeles Community College Overseas
include: PHYS ED 34 Officiating
Team Sports, AJ11 First Aide, PHOTO
66 Color Photography, PHOTO 72
Introduction to Black and White
Photography, AJ3 Legal Aspects of
Evidence, METEROTOGY 3 Introduction
to Meterology, SEC SI 31 Business
English, CINEMA I Introduction to
Motion Picture Techniques, DEVCOM
20 Fundamentals of Communication,
RE9 Real Estate Appraisal, MATH I
Introduction to College Math, PHOTO
61 Portrait Photography Techniques,
and Psychology For Supervisors.
Happy holidays everyone
Hanukkah- a festival of lights
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah
commemorates an historic event in
the search for religious equality.
Called the Festival of Lights, it
is celebrated for eight days, be-
ginning Dec. 24 of this .year, with
the lighting of the Menorah.
The Menorah is a candelabrum
consisting of eight branches or
sections. Each night an addition-
al candal is lit to celebrate the
miracle that occurred in the Holy
Temple. According to tradition,
the light in the Temple was to burn
continuously. But in ancient times
the Seleucid Greek army destroyed
many of the sacred vessels in the
Temple and pillaged the holy oil.
With oil sufficient to last for
•only one day, the Temple lamp burn-
ed for eight days until reinforce-
ments and replacements arrived.
For Jews this holiday is observ-
ed to recall the heroic efforts
of the Maccabees who fought the
enemy in defense of the Temple and
for the right to retain and main-
tain the Jewish Faith.
The word Hanukkah means dedica-
tion. On this joyous holiday Jews
rededicate themselves to the ideals
of religious freedom and the brave
self determination of the hero-
ic Maccabees. And in keeping with
the festival, spirit, gifts of mod-
est nature are exchanged among
children and family members each
night when the candles are lighted.
The Menorah has become a univer-
sal symbol in Jewish tradition.
Although its origin is more than
2,000 years old, it constantly re-
minds all of the never-ending bat-
tle against bigotry, hatred and
oppression
The light of the Menorah chal-
lenges the Jew never to allow dark-
ness to reign, or defeat and humil-
iation to prevail. It is a re-
minder to keep the light of faith
and the glow of human dignity al-
ways burning.
The Maccabees were the heroes of
Hanukah. The translation of the
word Maccabees is hammer. A hammer
beats, forges and fashions. During
the Festival of Hanukkah, Jews per-
ceive themselves as the Maccabees,
people who forge a life of decency
and honor. The blaze of the Menorah
is an affirmation that light of re-
ligious freedom shall always pre-
vail .
The Jewish community of Keflavik
is having a Hanukkah party for all
Jewish personnel and their guests.
Jewish guests from Reykjavik will
also take part in the "pass the
dish" dinner. Make your favorite
dish and join in. The party will
be held at the Community Center.
Contact Rochelle at 4756 or
6226 in order to coordinate dishes.