This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Culture When a Jewish paperboy played Santa — and the journalist who never forgot him
A 1967 UPI holiday story resonated far beyond Christmas Eve — for its writer, its subject, and the era they lived through
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Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
Two Forward reporters try to imagine a holiday rom-com that’s charming, Jewish and not Christmas-adjacent
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Opinion When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride. I see pluralism in action.
The shooting in Sydney highlights the deadly consequences of a world intolerant visible religious difference, writes a rabbi
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Politics This politician refused to say ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ then blamed ‘political correctness’ for the backlash
'We don't say that,' a county commissioner replied when asked to say 'Happy Hanukkah'
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Opinion Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting — and how the West helped make that happen
Ending the menorah lighting at Poland’s presidential palace isn’t a minor break with tradition — it’s the predictable result of years of accommodation with Holocaust distortion and antisemitism
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Opinion I’m a 25-year-old semi-Zionist. Here’s what that means this Hanukkah.
My Jewish identity has evolved since Oct. 7
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News Christians are displaying menorahs in their windows post-Bondi Beach attack. Why some Jews object
Some see the practice as an act of solidarity, while others are wary of cultural appropriation
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Opinion The Maccabees taught us persistence and hope – even when the light flickers, as it has this Hanukkah
The goal of antisemitism is, as it has always been, to divide us, isolate us, and snuff out our light
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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