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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Hanukkah?

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By Jenny Singer November 25, 2018

Despite having a holiday that celebrates escape from slavery through a magical sea via a frog-based curse, American Jew like to hang our hat on Hanukkah. Sure, we have a cheese-themed holiday, and a mardi gras-Halloween-style drunken costume holiday, and monthly moon ceremonies, but if the Joneses are going to have a big winter blowout, we’re sure as heck going to keep up with them.

So. You want to celebrate Hanukkah? Pass this quiz first:

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

Jenny Singer is a student in the MFA Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, a former staff writer at Glamour, and a former writer and editor at the Forward.

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