On the last day of World War II, twelve political hostages await liberation, while their captor seeks to barter them for his own safety.

A woman making a documentary on the history of the sovereign state of Judenstaat is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband, who was killed by a sniper while conducting an orchestra, and discovers that she was misled about what really happened.

The Ziz, a huge bird that is clumsy but good-hearted, accidentally destroys a vegetable garden, and when he asks God for advice he learns the importance of apologizing.

When three potato latkes escape Rachel Bloom's frying pan on the first night of Hanukkah, everyone including the cantor, the rabbi, and the mayor joins in the chase.

Two evil spirits wreak havoc on the town of Brisk's Hanukkah celebration, until the town's wise rabbi puts a stop to their mischief.

At Hanukkah, Ava uses her family's stories about their personalized menorahs to inspire the making of her own menorah.

Stranded on an iceberg on his way to America, Simon remembers his mother's parting words and lights the first candle on his menorah while praying for a miracle, which soon arrives in the form of a friendly polar bear.

Across the ocean, in Berlin, Esther and Ted Birnbaum are faced with leaving everything and everyone they love behind in an effort to survive Hitler's vicious attack on the Jews of Germany. But even if they are willing to sacrifice all they have worked for and leave Germany, where will they go, and how will they get out? They have no one to turn to for help except their oldest employee, Hans Hubermann. But Hans's son, Erwin, is showing great promise...

The most beautiful dreidel a shopkeeper has ever seen will not spin for the two children who insist they must own it, but perhaps it would spin for a child with the true spirit of Hanukkah in his heart.

"When the Abraham family gets some out-of-this-world guests, Debbie welcomes them with Jewish hospitality. But not everyone is as excited about these strange visitors."--