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How Jews Celebrate Christmas

Kris Kringlebaum: Dana Friedman was a Yeshiva Flatbush student in his youth and now plays Santa for children around Christmas. Image by NATE LAVEY

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In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward deputy culture editor Naomi Zeveloff to discuss her story about why Jewish men from across the country don Santa suits each Christmas season. Then, digital features editor Abigail Drachman-Jones stops by to talk about her family’s German-Jewish Christmas tradition.

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