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“One mustn’t leave a mitsve unfulfilled, especially in Auschwitz.”
Conservative synagogues across the country are gathering for a special candle lighting
I found myself staring at the Hanukkiah. Instead of relishing in the idea that one light dispels the darkness, I found myself savoring the shadows.
Haddish plays the role of a hanukkiah named Ella in the new Hanukkah-themed animated short film, “The Broken Candle.”
No one seemed contented to stop at the written document itself. Peace was to be far more than a path to economic growth and security.
Her non-Jewish mother-in-law made latkes 400 miles away.
If you are a millennial Jew or have one in your life, you’re probably familiar with this unique ritual object.
“I have no idea what Chah-nooka is,” Robinson said, “but Happy Chah-nooka.”
or some reason, to exclude those who think differently is increasingly legitimized by too many on the far Left.