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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Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
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Music Marx Brothers fans rejoice: There’s a recording of Harpo speaking
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
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Fast Forward Trump extends ceasefire with Iran, even after Iran balks at new round of negotiations
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz quits Democratic Party, calling it ‘most anti-Israel party in U.S. history’
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