Daniel Treiman
By Daniel Treiman
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Culture Fifth Night Yid Vid: Al Qaeda Hanukkah
Maybe this guy was right after all.
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Life Fourth Night Yid Vid: Hanukkah Caroling
This one has a touch more soul:
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Life Hanukkah Special: Petite Smoked Ham, Only $6.99 Per Pound
Manhattan grocer Balducci’s had a holiday treat for Jewish shoppers: Hanukkah hams! Novelist NancyKay Shapiro happened upon the discounted hams and snapped some pictures of the store’s signage. Following up on Shapiro’s discovery, the Daily News reports: A Balducci’s official was so verklempt about the error he didn’t want to speak on the record. He…
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Culture Third Night Yid Vid: Hanukkah as an Excuse to Pester NBA Stars
It’s good to know that Hanukkah has the Ron Artest seal of approval. Here’s another video from the same guy from last year: Below is a video of a much funnier Jewish nudnik pestering NBA stars. Alas, it doesn’t have anything to do with Hanukkah:
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Life Hanukkah Dichotomy: Miracles vs. Maccabees
As I noted earlier on this blog, atheist firebrand Christopher Hitchens finds Hanukkah wholly objectionable, whether it’s the miracle or the Maccabees’ Hasmonean dynasty. The JTA’s Ami Eden takes him to task for lumping the two aspects of the holiday together: By emphasizing the miracle of the oil, the rabbis in the Talmud were essentially…
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News In Wake of Intelligence Report, Dems Rap Bush Over Iran
With a recent U.S. intelligence report concluding that Iran has likely halted its nuclear weapons program, the Democratic candidates wasted little time before attacking the Bush administration over its handling of the Iranian nuclear issue — and decrying the president’s response to the report. The L.A. Times reports on what the candidates said on the…
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Life Second Night Yid Vid: Hanukkah, O.G.-Style
O.G. is for Orthodox girls (or faux O.G., as the case may be). Hat tip: Jewlicious.
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Life Hitch: The Hanukkah Miracle Is for ‘Credulous Peasants’
“God Is Not Great” author” Christopher Hitchens hates Hanukkah. And Christmas, too. No surprises there. One wonders though, how he feels about Chrismukkah?
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