This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Light One Candle” — in Yiddish
Three siblings of the musically renowned Mlotek family recently recorded a new translation of the Hanukkah song
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Fast Forward Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall cancels annual Hanukkah concert, citing singer’s IDF ties
Last year marked 10 years since the post-Holocaust revival of Amsterdam’s Hanukkah concert series
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Culture Nobody wants all those menorahs in ‘Nobody Wants This,’ do they?
What the interior decor of 'Nobody Wants This' reveals about its Jewish characters
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Film & TV Is there a Messianic Jew on Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’?
A Jewish character wears a necklace with a Messianic seal at a Hanukkah celebration
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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Fast Forward A Strands shanda? NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle
Several of the Jewish foods included in the word search also raised eyebrows
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Opinion Hidden in Hanukkah is a story of Jewish unity. At the end of this fractious year, we must heed it
Hanukkah rituals were built to tie us together through our differences — not erase them
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Fast Forward Using menorah from Argentina’s Milei, Volodymyr Zelensky lights Hanukkah candles with Ukrainian rabbis
“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness,” Zelensky told the rabbis
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